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Czech Finance Minister seeks overhauled pension programme by 2012

Global Pensions | 24 Aug 2010 | 14:11

CZECH REPUBLIC - Czech Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek wants changes to the pension program, aimed at reducing the fiscal deficit and improving the country’s credit rating, to take effect by 2012.

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Ukraine considers handing state retirement funds to private managers

UKRAINE - Ukraine plans to let private pension managers oversee some state retirement funds in 2012 to help cut the budget deficit and spur economic growth, said Labour and Social Policies Minister Vasyl Nadraha.

Global Pensions | 11 Aug 2010

Czech rating may be raised by S&P on pension overhaul

CZECH REPUBLIC - The Czech Republic's debt rating may be raised if the new government follows through on pledges to reduce spending, including an overhaul of the pension system, Standard & Poor's said.

Global Pensions | 11 Aug 2010

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Russia’s pension reform a work in progress

Raquel Pichardo-Allison talks to Pavel Teplukhin, president of Troika Dialog Asset Management, about the state of Russia’s pension reform five years after the second pillar went into force

Poland’s government under criticism over pension reform plans

Jaroslaw Adamowski reports on the controversial proposals facing Poland’s pension industry

Hungary: striving for sustainabilty

The Hungarian pensions system has been on the sharp end of the recent economic downturn and it faces a tough situation ahead, as Dorothee Gnaedinger reports

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Pensions In-Depth: Video interview with Geoffrey Staines

Global Pensions | 08 Jul 2010 | secure | screening image

In an interview with GP's sister title Professional Pensions, Daily Mail & General Trust pensions director Geoffrey Staines talks to Jonathan Stapleton about communications, risk management and in-scheme resource.

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Are claims that the European Commission's alternative investment fund manager directive will cause an exodus of alternative managers from Europe overblown?

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