IPE's Switzerland Coverage – Page 30
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Ethos supports Credit Suisse measures over Greensill, Archegos
Swiss bank will not award variable pay for 2020 and has withdrawn an AGM proposal to discharge directors from liabilities
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NewsDACH roundup: Allianz buys Aviva’s pension business in Poland
Plus: Swiss life cuts conversion rate; Swisscanto’s Pensionskassen survey; CDU/CSU association on changing the pension system
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Greensill-Credit Suisse case unlikely to harm Swiss pension funds
Greensill case offers Pensionkassse opportunity to critically question the process to select investments and periodically review processes for illiquid investments
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InterviewsOn the record: Value makes a comeback
IPE asked two European institutional investors what biases are built in their equity portfolios, as value equities show signs of new-found strength
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Swiss pension fund posts $500m decarbonisation mandate on IPE Quest
Investor is looking for solution aligned with EU climate transition benchmark requirements
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Germany’s finance ministry hires new head for BaFin
Mark Branson, CEO of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, will replace Felix Hufeld
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NewsSwiss roundup: PKBS excludes fossil fuels from investments
Plus: 2020 annual returns for Solothurn and Vaud cantons; Reform for the first pillar system approved
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NewsSwiss reinsurer seeks manager for multi-asset mandate
Plus: Benelux-based investor launches global equity tender
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NewsSwiss pension funds to benefit from cabinet’s new climate policies
Swiss companies can follow TCFD recommendations on a voluntary basis, but the government plans to draft a bill to make such recommendations binding
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InterviewsHow we run our money: Pensionskasse Manor
Martin Roth (pictured), CEO of Pensionskasse Manor, talks to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the fund’s diversification strategy and long track record in alternatives
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NewsCompenswiss tenders real estate mandates via IPE Quest
The institution is looking to invest in the US, Europe and Asia Pacific
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NewsSwiss scheme assets expected to drop by 2035 if fossil investments kept
Climate Alliance’s study predicted funding ratios to sink to 90%
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NewsCompenswiss hits 5.22% in returns for 2020
Compenswiss’ returns were at its lowest point at the peak of the COVID-19 crisis at the end of March last year with -10%
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Mandate roundup: Swiss investor issues IPE Quest searches for $1bn
Plus: Manco issues RFI for transfer agency, registrar services
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NewsSwitzerland roundup: Zurich cantonal scheme sees equity yield CHF450m
Plus: Railways scheme outperforms own benchmark; BLPK sees returns of 5.1%
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Mandate roundup: Swiss scheme seeks passive bond manager for $1bn
Plus: Another Swiss fund issues an RFI on €4.1bn currency overlay brief; UK local authority awards property mandate
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Swiss ASIP pushes for alternative proposal on second pillar reform
To compensate for the cuts there is a proposed increase to occupational pension savings over a transition period of 10 years financed with Pensionskassen reserves
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Equities, Swiss real estate push Migros’ returns in 2020
The board of trustees decided to overhaul its investment strategy by increasing allocations to real assets to 37% from 2021
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Publica pulls unexpected positive returns in difficult 2020
Returns in 2020 were below the 9% achieved in 2019
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AXA Switzerland applies interest rate on 2020 occupational pensions
AXA pursues ‘an investment approach that takes into account the risks, with a high degree of diversification based on the best-in-class principle and strict ESG criteria’
