All articles by Krystyna Krzyzak – Page 10
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Country Report
Central & Eastern Europe: Against the grain
Czech plans for a second pillar go against current CEE trends, writes Krystyna Krzyzak. But the reforms still have every chance of being overturned
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News
Russia's second-pillar pension system facing contribution cuts
RUSSIA – Government aiming to follow in footsteps of Poland, Slovakia and Baltic states.
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Czech second-pillar pension system passes final hurdle
CZECH REPUBLIC – Parliament shrugs off presidential veto to pass controversial reforms.
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Country Report
Central and Eastern Europe: Post traumatic stress
Polish pension funds are not using their freedom to invest more in equities, finds Krystyna Krzyzak
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Country Report
Central and Eastern Europe: An uncertain year
Poland’s second pillar providers are looking for clarity, writes Krystyna Krzyzak
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News
Controversial Polish pensions revisions signed into law
POLAND – The overhaul of Poland's second-pillar pensions system, the most radical revision since its inception in 1999, cleared its final legal obstacle on 7 April, after president Bronislaw Komorowski signed off the government's controversial bill into law.
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Poland: Ongoing pensions saga
The moves, countermoves and conflicting policies for reform of the supplementary pension system.
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Special report on CEE
Krystyna Krzyzak untangles the CEE economies in the wake of the financial crisis.
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News
Polish prime minister drops pensions bombshell
POLAND – Poland's second-pillar system is finally set for a radical overhaul in 2011 in a peculiar compromise that maintains the contribution level, but slashes the amount managed privately.
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Special Report
Poland: Ongoing pensions saga
Krystyna Krzyzak charts moves, countermoves and conflicting policies for reform of Poland’s supplementary pension system
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Special Report
Diversity revealed
The financial crisis and recession across Europe has uncovered fundamental differences between CEE economies and markets. Krystyna Krzyzak untangles what we have learned
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News
Poland makes headway on factoring pension costs in deficit
EUROPE – Poland has wrested significant concessions from the European Commission on factoring in pension costs in its public debt and deficit.
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Country Report
Poland: On a collision course
A proposal to cut second pillar contributions to pension funds would leave most OFE pension funds unprofitable and the rest to invest in low-yielding investment strategies, finds Krystyna Krzyzak
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Country Report
CEE: Pensions and the economic crisis
The global recession has affected the countries of central and eastern Europe in markedly different ways. Krystyna Krzyzak analyses the significant impacts of the crisis on the region’s supplementary pensions systems
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Features
CEE: Reforms go forward in -challenging economic climate
Thomas Escritt, Pirkko Juntunen and Krystyna Krzyzak outline forthcoming regulatory and legislative changes to pensions in Central and Eastern Europe
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Country Report
Taking a beating
The asset management landscape in the CEE has been severely changed by the market crisis, says Krystyna Krzyzak
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Features
Diversifying asset management
Cultural, economic and political variations remain but Krystyna Krzyzak finds that investment styles are converging
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Features
Coping with high inflation
Wages and economic growth fuel advances in the Baltic asset management industry, Krystyna Krzyzak reports
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Features
Second pillar growth surges ahead
Local stock exchange performance based on economic growth is fuelling strong returns across the region, says Krystyna Krzyzak