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A competitor invited hundreds to a lavish reception at a five-star hotel and gave everyone a $33 granite clock. Others have rented billboards and bought newspaper ads showing blissfully happy young couples and pension funds, for the first time allowed to compete with the state, are waging a multimillion-dollar public rela- tions battle for the retirement nest eggs of the workers of Argentina. The funds opened for business on May2. “We're like 21 Formula One race cars at the starting line of a great race,” said Guillermo Alchouron, president of Origenes, the company that gave away clocks. the SIPC | cost 322-1122 or Argentina private sarnings $3,400'm Us To compatible compute Cirquepl (AP) — One newpension fund threwa racetrack bash for 25,000 their children. Twenty-one not interfere with “Compare in advertising AIRES, € BRSUIEMTsee) Companies spare no expenses BUENOS ad ER LEmeet)| ble. Last I heard, Apple wasn’t trading for those. Wherecan find something like this for my PC? . A. 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Workers must contribute 11 percent of their wages to either the State system or the private funds for life, retirement and disability insurance. Government officials estimate that within a year, the pri- vate companies will be managing at least $200 million. For Argentines, who have never known anything other than the State-run system, the freedom of choice is confounding. “There’s a lot of confusion,” said Camilo Guerra, an attorney specializing in pension lawsuits. “I’m continually getting calls and visits from people wanting to know what it’s all about. “The private companies put out ads with simple slogans, and the government does nothing to explain.” The government, whichis rec- The Associated Press A big advertisement of one of the new pension funds hangs on a building at one of the busiest corners in Buenos Aires’ downtown. Twenty-one private pension funds that opened for business May 2 are waging a public relations and advertisement battle for Argentine workers retirement funds. general manager of Maxima, a consortium led by Deutsche Bank and the local Banco Roberts and Banco Quilmes. “They want someone to Just come out and tell them what to do.” companies, which will spend an estimated $80 million to $100 million on a two-month mar- keting blitz, avoid in their ads unpleasant subjects like health care and aging. Some have youthful names that sound like sports cars, such as Maxima, Activa and Fu- tura. Consolidar, a partnership of three local banks, employs dozens of cheerful young women dressed In gray-and-raspberry miniskirts to hand out brochures on downtown ommending workers choose the streets. private funds, says it will increase Maxima, whichheldits inauguration party at the suburban SanIsidro horse racetrack, reported a $10 million marketing budget for its first 10 weeks in business, Cabrera said. For one promotion, Maxima had 4.5 million pieces of candy made and wrappedin its red-orange-and-white corporate logo “All these companies seethis as a very long-term investment,” said its efforts to tell Argentines how the new system works. But the companies complain that the lack of public information has already hurt them, In the first three weeks ofsales, only about 50,000 workers enrolled in private funds. “People are waiting to get better informed,” said Francisco Cabrera, whichis 80 percent-owned by Cigna. Lavallaz and officials from other funds say they expect to make a profit within seven to 10 years. Positive spins The Alberto de Lavallaz,.commercial manager for the Dignitas company, The private funds, according to the law, are required to build di- versified portfolios with maximum percentages set for each type of in- vestment. For instance, they may invest up to 50 percent of their funds in stock, up to 10 percent in foreign government bonds and up to 14 percent in housing loans. The government proposed changing thetraditional state-only pension system because — by all accounts — it was afailure. The system made no investments. 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