Pioneer expands Iberia team
SPAIN/PORTUGAL - Pioneer Investments has appointed Teresa Molins as senior sales manager of its institutional business in Spain and Portugal.
Molins will join co-manager Almudena Mendaza to develop the company's institutional asset management business as well as oversee Iberian sales. She will report to José Castellano, head of Iberia, North...
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Moody's downgrades Portuguese debt to 'junk' status
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Bailout package includes pension cuts
PORTUGAL - The country's €78bn ($116bn) bailout package will include cuts to higher pension payments, but left many other pension provisions in place.
Danish fund may snap up Portugal's bonds as prices slump
DENMARK/PORTUGAL - Denmark's second-biggest pension fund said it may snap up Portuguese bonds if they keep falling after the country became the third euro member to seek a bailout since Greece's fiscal woes triggered the sovereign debt crisis.
Spanish pensions reform only skin deep
Spain has used the financial crisis to reform its pensions system, yet fears run high that the changes do not go far enough, writes Toby Lewis
