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...Die Moskau Connection: das Schröder-Netzwerk und Deutschlands Weg in die Abhängigkeit by Reinhard Bingener and Markus Wehner, CH Beck, €18, 320 pages Guy Chazan is the FT’s Berlin bureau chief...
...A devastatingly comprehensive new book by journalists Reinhard Bingener and Markus Wehner describes the networks connecting the SPD, the energy industry and Russia....
...Markus Söder, prime minister of Bavaria and leader of the CSU, described Schröder in April as a “wilful, bizarre, old man who cares more about his own bank account than Germany’s reputation in the world”...
...“Agenda 2010”, the sweeping liberalisation of the social security system and labour market pushed through by chancellor Gerhard Schröder in 2003, is the prime example....
...“For years we have had a close mutual dependence,” says Markus Krebber, chief executive of German energy firm RWE. “We need Russian natural gas, and Russia needs foreign currency....
...Markus Söder, Bavaria’s popular state premier, protests that he does not want to run for the chancellorship....
...Another remarkable beneficiary has been Markus Söder, minister president of Bavaria....
...• Gam, the $169bn Zurich-listed asset manager, has hired Markus Heider as an investment manager in its emerging markets fixed-income team....
...So said Gerhard Schröder, the former German chancellor, in a phrase that summed up the huge power of Germany’s biggest circulation newspaper....
...In July, illness forced Mr Schulz’s campaign manager and friend Markus Engels to step down....
...A few months later, Cazenove Capital Management, owned by Schroders, moved to buy the £2.2bn wealth management business of Hoare & Co, founded in 1672 and the UK’s oldest bank....
...And Markus Stadlmann, chief investment officer at Lloyds Private Bank, says he is likely to continue increasing his exposure after ending a five-year absence from EM assets last year....
...“Everyone who said it’s a flash in the pan has been proved wrong,” says Markus Söder, a senior figure in the CSU, the Bavarian sister party to Ms Merkel’s CDU....
...He argued that the Merkel government was reaping the rewards of the tough policies enacted in the early 2000s by her Social Democrat predecessor, Gerhard Schröder....
...Markus Ruetimann, group chief operating officer at Schroders, welcomed the OWG’s work as “practical and relevant”....
...• State Street has recruited Markus Steiner to head its global services business in Switzerland. He was previously head of UBS fund management Switzerland....
...However, Markus Meier, a lawyer for Deutsche, dismissed any “conspiracy theory” and said the interview given by Mr Breuer had changed nothing....
...The attempt was not a success, says Markus Ruetimann, the group’s chief operating officer....
...According to Schroder’s Mr Scammell, government finances in the developed world are in a mess and issuance will remain at elevated levels for a number of years....
...Markus Ruetimann, chief operating officer at Schroders, expects a growing debate about data and the “acceptance of liabilities” over the next year. “Our clients want us to cover everything....
...Markus Ruetimann, group chief operating officer at Schroders, believes the introduction of the management company passport is attractive for his company, which has an operational presence in the UK, Luxembourg...
...When Markus Zimmermann started his first job this September, it also marked the first time the 26-year-old German drew government benefits....
...“Outsourcing allows us to take advantage of external providers’ greater functional capacity, technological capabilities and geographical reach,” says Markus Ruetimann, group chief operating officer at Schroders...
...Gerhard Schröder, the former German chancellor, was named as an ombudsman to safeguard this agreement....
...This cleaving of Germany’s labour market was made possible largely by changes in the law: under pressure after unemployment rose to a postwar high, the then government of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder ushered...
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