Special retirement scheme extended

clock

AUSTRIA - The new Austrian coalition government has extended the Hacklerregelung, a special retirement scheme for manual labourers, from 2008 to 2010 and will raise the retirement age for those eligible.

Sworn in this morning, the Austrian government now consists of a coalition formed by the new Social Democrat head of government, Alfred Gusenbauer, and his conservative predecessor, Wolfgang Schues...

To continue reading this article...

Join Professional Pensions

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the industry
  • Receive our in-depth monthly magazine in either print or digital format
  • Access our Sustainable Investment Hub covering news and opinion from thought leaders in the ESG space
  • Receive important and breaking news stories selected by the Editors in our daily newsletter
  • Hear from industry experts and other forward-thinking leaders
  • Receive a monthly members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from leading industry experts and a feature from the magazine in advance of its release date

Join now

 

Already a Professional Pensions
member?

Login

More on Austria

F&C bids for Austrian quant manager

AUSTRIA - UK-based F&C Asset Management has submitted a potential takeover bid for Austrian asset manager C-QUADRAT Investment.

clock 24 March 2010 •

Austrian multi-employer pension fund overhauls strategy

AUSTRIA - The €2.5bn (US$3.8bn) APK Pensionskasse is about to plunge into a first hedge fund allocation with undisclosed new managers, following its increase to international property allocation two months ago, MandateWire has reported.

Mandatewire and Elizabeth Pfeuti
clock 16 June 2008 •

F&C expands Austrian market

AUSTRIA - F&C Investments has introduced a total of 16 mutual funds investing across different asset classes into the Austrian market.

Heather Dale
clock 20 August 2007 •
Trustpilot