IPE's Switzerland Coverage – Page 35
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NewsMandate roundup: Swiss scheme tenders EM mandate via IPE Quest
Plus: UK’s Brunel PP awards global high alpha brief
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GAM head of investment to exit Swiss asset manager
Group head of investment role to be scrapped because of successful restructuring
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NewsMandate roundup: Swiss scheme tenders CHF150m property mandate
Plus: UK’s Merseyside scheme commits £10m to PE
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Universal-Investment wins €5bn overlay management mandate
An unnamed institutional investor from the DACH region is reassigning a portfolio to Universal-Investment
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Swiss central bank: sticking with negative rates ‘in pension funds’ interest’
Chair of governing board also rules out giving pension funds some of its profits
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FeaturesSwitzerland: Online lending
The popularity of crowdlending is rising, but will it challenge the mainstream?
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Country ReportAsset Allocation: Alternatives key to raise returns
Pension funds are increasing their allocations to alternative and illiquid assets in a bid to boost flagging returns
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Country Report
Reform agenda
New reforms to the first and second-pillar are due to be debated in parliament next year and implemented by 2022
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Country ReportReturns: Do large pension funds achieve better results?
Smaller pension funds do not necessarily have lower returns, according to PPCmetrics
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Country ReportDiscount rates: Stranger things
Negative interest rates are making Swiss pension funds more expensive
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Swiss corporate pensions slide into red for first time in two years
Coverage ratio down by four percentage points in third quarter, consultancy reports [updated]
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Cash flows in Swiss pension fund market to turn negative in 2043 – report
Liquidity requirements could increase for some pension funds, according to Credit Suisse economists
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Swiss banking group REYL sets up impact investing affiliate
Asteria Investment Managers created ‘from scratch’ to offer institutional investors wide range of impact investing products and strategies
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Zurich cantonal pension fund targets responsible investment leadership
BVK, the CHF33bn (€29.5bn) pension fund for the canton of Zurich, has taken on a company engagement case within Climate Action 100+
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NewsMandate roundup: Compenswiss targets $500m for EMD local currency
Swiss pension investor wants an actively managed fund for an emerging market debt investment, while Luxembourg’s pension reserve fund has tendered three passive mandates worth €5bn
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Swiss pension bodies ‘increasingly concerned’ about negative rates
Switzerland’s pension fund association and others have appealed to politicians for action after the central bank kept its policy rate at -0.75%
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NewsChart of the Week: The best place in the world to retire is...
… Iceland, which narrowly beat Switzerland, according to Natixis Investment Managers’ annual Global Retirement Index
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NewsSwiss pension funds’ alternatives allocation hits double digits [updated]
Complementa study also finds that pension funds will have to cut benefits to close the gap between required returns and forecast returns
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NewsSwiss pension funds facing negative discount rates
Company pension schemes may need to use negative rates to discount liabilities – mean obligations could rise by around 15%
