IPE's Switzerland Coverage – Page 61
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NewsSwiss roundup: Towers Watson, Swiss Leader Index, Zurich BVK
Largest listed Swiss companies increase coverage ratios to 88% – far from pre-crisis levels.
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NewsZurich city pension scheme confirms 'unavoidable' contribution hike
Scheme for the city's civil servants blames increase on diminishing bond returns.
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NewsSwitzerland's BVK to re-tender 'large part' of portfolio
The CHF21bn (€16bn) Zurich public pension scheme will leave strategic asset allocation in place.
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NewsSwiss BVK returns 1.8% in 2010, appoints risk manager
Stefan Kuhn to join following allegations of corruption against former head of asset management.
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NewsSwiss roundup: Bern's BPK, BLVK, BLPK of Basel-Landschaft
Pension fund of Swiss canton of Bern to review asset allocation after poor 2010.
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NewsSwiss roundup: Publica, AHV, Ethos
Werner Hertzog, head of Publica, has said he is leaving Switzerland's largest public fund this summer.
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NewsUBS makes one-off CHF1,000 'loyalty' payment to pensioners
Swiss bank pays CHF16m into scheme as thank you, saying it is not meant to improve funding level.
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NewsCommission agrees to bail out Swiss pension fund SBB
Nationalrat financial commission agrees to €860m bailout for federal railway company scheme.
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NewsSwiss pension scheme Publica to cut conversion rate
Pension fund for civil servants to lower conversion rate to 6.15% in light of government's new longevity assumptions.
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NewsSwiss roundup: Swisscanto on funding levels, Publica results
SWITZERLAND – Funding levels at Swiss Pensionskassen last year returned to where they were in 2009 following a steep drop in the second quarter, Swisscanto has calculated.
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NewsCredit Suisse index for Swiss pension funds returns 2.9%
SWITZERLAND – A sample of 100 Swiss pension funds returned 2.93% on average in 2010, according to the Pensionskassen index compiled by Credit Suisse.
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Switzerland: The big squeeze: active vs passive
Emma Cusworth asks if active management is stifled by the concentrated nature of the Swiss market
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Switzerland: Sitting pretty
Emma Cusworth charts Swiss pension funds’ allocations to domestic equities
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Switzerland: Alternative route to diversification
Are Swiss pension funds overcoming their traditional aversion to hedge funds and alternatives? Nina Röhrbein reports
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Switzerland: Not enough of a good thing
Nina Röhrbein charts demand for Swiss domestic property and a market that cannot satisfy institutional demand
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Switzerland: Efficient, secure and transparent pension funds
The relative benefits of a pension fund are impossible to judge as each stakeholder has a different level of expectation. Gérard Fischer looks at ways of defining a ‘good’ scheme
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Switzerland: Of prudence and pretence
The asset allocation of Swiss pension funds is subject to detailed government regulations. As the granularity of these regulations has been relaxed over the years, some say that Switzerland is well on her way to adopt the globally established prudent investor standard. Christian Dreyer begs to differ
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Country ReportSwitzerland: BVK rises from the ashes
The head of asset management is new, the CEO remains in place for stability and a package of recovery measures should take care of the deficit. Barbara Ottawa asks whether all is really well at the Zurich canton pension fund
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Country ReportSwitzerland: A never-ending road
With impeccable timing, yet another scandal has hit Swiss pensions just as the country is finalising a reform of second pillar supervision. Barbara Ottawa assesses the state of Swiss pension regulation and governance
