The performance of the Czech Private Pension scheme: Current Design and its position within CEE countries

• Název práce v češtině: Výkonnost českého systému penzijního připojištění: současný stav a jeho pozice ve střední a východní Evropě
• Název v anglickém jazyce: The performance of the Czech Private Pension scheme: ; Current Design and its position within CEE countries
• Klíčová slova: Pensions, performance, Sharpe ratio
• Klíčová slova anglicky: Pensions, performance, Sharpe ratio
• Akademický rok vypsání: 2010/2011
• Typ práce: diplomová práce
• Jazyk práce: angličtina
• Ústav: Institut ekonomických studií (23-IES)
• Vedoucí / školitel: doc. Ing. Ondřej Schneider, M.Phil., Ph.D.
• Řešitel: skrytý - zadáno vedoucím/školitelem
• Datum přihlášení: 13.01.2011
• Datum zadání: 14.01.2011
• Datum a čas obhajoby: 02.02.2011 00:00
• Místo konání obhajoby: IES
• Datum odevzdání elektronické podoby: 14.01.2011
• Datum proběhlé obhajoby: 02.02.2011
• Oponenti: doc. Ing. Vladimír Benáček, CSc.

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E-sources:
1. http://www.cnb.cz/miranda2/export/sites/www.cnb.cz/cs/dohled_financni_trh/souhrnne_informace_fin_trhy/archiv/penzijni_fondy/VZ_PF_2002.pdf , (downloaded: 1.8.2010)

2. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE6BT11Y20101230, (5.1.2011)

3. http://hnonline.sk/ekonomika/c1-48881860-treti-pilier-v-tomto-roku-zarobil, (1.1.2011)

Data sources:
1. Annual reports of the Association of Pension Funds of the Czech Republic (1996-2009).

2. Annual reports of the Czech pension funds 2000-2010.

3. Polish Financial Supervisory Authority.

4. Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority.

5. The association of Slovakian Pension Funds Management Companies.

6. Bulgarian Association of Supplementary Pension Security Companies.

7. Raiffeisen Mandatory Pension Fund Management Company Plc. (Croatia)

8. European Central Bank

9. EUROSTAT

10. The Czech Ministry of Finance

11. Czech National Bank

12. Global Financial Database

13. MSCI