Asset Allocation – Page 223
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The secret of 'timing' success
Market timing is certainly a perilous activity and perhaps a foolhardy one. However, varying market class weights in response to changing forecasts for asset class returns covers a wide range of strategies – from aggressive short-term tactical asset allocation programmes through to multi-year reviews of strategic policy. These are very ...
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Insurers' moves harsh wake-up call for Swiss pensions
For the second year in a row, Swiss pension plan members are being jolted from their easy-chairs by the impact of the bear market of the last three years. Eyebrows had already raised around the Cantons and beyond last year when the Swiss authorities cut the minimum income guarantee for ...
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No longer running like clockwork
Like the country itself, the Swiss pension system has in the past been perceived as independent, prosperous and relatively unaffected by the vagaries of the outside world. This impression, however, has been challenged in recent years by the prolonged fall in stock markets and the dramatic effect this has had ...
