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Financial Services Activities Auxiliary To Financial Services And Insurance Activities Activities Auxiliary To Financial Services And Insurance Activities 66 - Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities
1,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
6 May 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The American State Street Corporation, a global provider of financial services for institutional investors, has announced that it is to create approximately 1000 new jobs by opening a financial services centre in Kracow. As of May 2008, there is no information on when the new jobs will be created by. State Street Corporation has offices in 26 countries and employs over 27,000 staff around the world. Its customers include mutual fund, collective investment funds, corporate and public pension funds, companies and non-profit organizations.
Sources
6 May 2008: Polska Agencja Prasowa
Citation
Eurofound (2008), State Street Corporation, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 66604, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66604.
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