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Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Financial Service Activities, Except Insurance And Pension Funding 64 - Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
9 November 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2019
Foreseen end date
1 January 2022
Description
German investment company Universal-Investment has announced that it will launch a new office in January 2019, creating 100 jobs in Kraków, Poland. The company is looking for financial and IT specialists and more specifically robotics and data science specialists.
Universal-Investment is based in Frankfurt and also operates a unit in Luxembourg. The company offers the administration of investment funds and securities for institutional investors. Founded in 1968, with more than 650 employees Universal-Investment is one of the leading German investment companies.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Universal-Investment, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 96131, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/96131.
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