GenevaLunch » pensions http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:57:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Financial consultants: Blackden Financial http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/12/blackden-financial-2/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/12/blackden-financial-2/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:54:37 +0000 Marie Joséphine Guillet http://b-spirit.ch/?p=3481 GenevaLunch.com Blackden is a boutique of Swiss-based financial advisers whose work includes expat mortgages and primary & secondary residences, pensions and taxation. Based in Versoix.

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/12/blackden-financial-2/feed/ 0 British public sector strike cripples UK http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/30/british-public-sector-strike-cripples-uk/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/30/british-public-sector-strike-cripples-uk/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:49:57 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64246 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Some 2 million public sector workers are slated to walk out Wednesday 30 November in the UK, affecting schools, hospitals, government offices and public transport, among other services. The strike is over changes to government pension plans, with workers being asked to work longer hours to earn their pensions. The government announced [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/30/british-public-sector-strike-cripples-uk/feed/ 0 Household wealth in Switzerland returns to 2007 levels http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/19/household-wealth-in-switzerland-returns-to-2007-levels/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/19/household-wealth-in-switzerland-returns-to-2007-levels/#comments Fri, 19 Nov 2010 11:16:05 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=50090 GenevaLunch.com Real estate and recovery in share prices account for improvement Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Per capita net worth for Swiss households rose to about CHF333,000 in 2009, up from CHF316,000. Housing prices and a recovery in share prices have brought Swiss household income back up to the level of 2007, before the 2008 global economic [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/19/household-wealth-in-switzerland-returns-to-2007-levels/feed/ 0 Swiss social security, leaving Switzerland http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/05/swiss-social-security-leaving-switzerland/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/05/swiss-social-security-leaving-switzerland/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:37:04 +0000 Marie Joséphine Guillet http://genevalunch.com/?p=36616 GenevaLunch.com The Swiss government provides two useful brochures for people working here who are considering relocating or retiring elsewhere. Both are in pdf format and can be downloaded: Social Security in Switzerland, January 2010 update Leaving Switzerland and Moving to an EU or EFTA country Additional information is available from the Swiss-EU Liaison Office.

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/05/swiss-social-security-leaving-switzerland/feed/ 2 Swiss households poorer by 5.5% – saved by real estate http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/20/swiss-households-poorer-by-5-5-saved-by-real-estate/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/20/swiss-households-poorer-by-5-5-saved-by-real-estate/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:51:27 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=31966 GenevaLunch.com Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The net worth of Swiss households fell in 2008 from an average of CHF334,000 per capita to CHF312,000. About CHF200,000 of this is real estate and claims against insurance and pension plans. The drop in assets, the first since 2002, was due to sharp falls in stock market values. It would [...]

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