IPE's Switzerland Coverage – Page 62
-
.jpg)
NewsMembers of Swiss BVK reject recovery plans for pension fund
Majority of statements blame local government for underfunded scheme's woes.
-
.jpg)
NewsSwiss roundup: Swisscanto, Complementa, Credit Suisse
Funding levels at Swiss pension schemes remain stable in first quarter of 2011.
-
NewsMigros outperforms benchmark after portfolio restructuring
CHF17bn scheme for retailer returns 4% after successfully restructuring to core-satellite portfolio
-
.jpg)
NewsSwiss roundup: Towers Watson, Swiss Leader Index, Zurich BVK
Largest listed Swiss companies increase coverage ratios to 88% – far from pre-crisis levels.
-
NewsZurich city pension scheme confirms 'unavoidable' contribution hike
Scheme for the city's civil servants blames increase on diminishing bond returns.
-
NewsSwitzerland's BVK to re-tender 'large part' of portfolio
The CHF21bn (€16bn) Zurich public pension scheme will leave strategic asset allocation in place.
-
.jpg)
NewsSwiss BVK returns 1.8% in 2010, appoints risk manager
Stefan Kuhn to join following allegations of corruption against former head of asset management.
-
.jpg)
NewsSwiss roundup: Bern's BPK, BLVK, BLPK of Basel-Landschaft
Pension fund of Swiss canton of Bern to review asset allocation after poor 2010.
-
.jpg)
NewsSwiss roundup: Publica, AHV, Ethos
Werner Hertzog, head of Publica, has said he is leaving Switzerland's largest public fund this summer.
-
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.
-
.jpg)
NewsCommission agrees to bail out Swiss pension fund SBB
Nationalrat financial commission agrees to €860m bailout for federal railway company scheme.
-
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.
-
.jpg)
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.
-
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.
-
Country Report
Switzerland: The big squeeze: active vs passive
Emma Cusworth asks if active management is stifled by the concentrated nature of the Swiss market
-
Country Report
Switzerland: Sitting pretty
Emma Cusworth charts Swiss pension funds’ allocations to domestic equities
-
Country Report
Switzerland: Alternative route to diversification
Are Swiss pension funds overcoming their traditional aversion to hedge funds and alternatives? Nina Röhrbein reports
-
Country Report
Switzerland: Not enough of a good thing
Nina Röhrbein charts demand for Swiss domestic property and a market that cannot satisfy institutional demand
-
Country Report
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
