IPE's Switzerland Coverage – Page 53
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Switzerland looks set to cut minimum rate for pension funds
Pension commission for second pillar proposes 1.25% rate for 2016
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Special ReportSwitzerland: Huge challenge to pass pension reform package
The final draft of the first and second-pillar reform package has been published but it could prove impossible to get through parliament in its present form
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Swiss BVK defends cuts in technical parameters as 'necessary'
Union mulls complaint because of ’radical’ changes to pension levels
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NewsLOIM hires catastrophe bond team to add new insurance-linked product
Gregor Gawron and team member poached from Dynapartners
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Swiss pension funds see first-quarter gains wiped out by June
Credit Suisse Pensionskassenindex says all but one asset class saw losses over course of second quarter
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Swiss pension fund liabilities increase by 4% over first quarter
Pensionskassen liabilities grow as long-term interest rates fall, while returns come under pressure
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NewsWednesday people roundup [updated]
BMO GAM, Insight Investments, Mercer, Aberdeen, Forum Pour L’Investment Responsible, Hermes, Tikehau Capital, NN Investment Partners, Schroders, MSCI, Mirabaud, Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, Pioneer, Allianz GI, City Noble, Arabesque
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NewsSwiss institution tenders CHF100m equity mandate using IPE Quest
Investor calls for ‘clear, active style’, able to adapt to market conditions
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Swiss government must address impact of low rates on pension funds – KPMG
DB schemes struggling to stay on even keel in low-interest-rate environment, study shows
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Insurers, banks natural partners in long-term financing – Swiss Re
Former ECB head Trichet calls on institutions to ‘bias equities’
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Pension funds in search of yield at risk of 'herding', Swiss experts warn
Liquidity risk ‘on the rise’ as investors ramp up exposure to less liquid instruments
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NewsMandate roundup: Publica, Australian equities, IPE Quest
Publica tenders $100m emerging market equity mandate using IPE Quest
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Mercer Switzerland head of retirement to leave consultancy in autumn
Willi Thurnherr rumoured to be leaving for another international consultancy
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Switzerland's AHV drops soft commodities due to 'political sensitivity'
First-pillar fund’s future commodity investments to include energy, precious metals only
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Definition change leads to surge in Swiss schemes' alternatives allocations
New regulation almost triples allocation to asset class at MPK
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European scheme tenders global convertible bond mandate using IPE-Quest
Pension fund based in Germany, Austria, Switzerland region
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NewsSwiss pension plans see liabilities rise by 4% in 2015
Swiss interest rates dropped by further 25 basis points in first quarter according to Towers Watson study
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Country ReportSwitzerland: Pensionskassen keep calm under negative rate storm
Switzerland has not seen negative rates since the 1970s, years before the creation of the current BVG second-pillar system
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Country Report
Altersvorsorge 2020: An ageing reform package
Switzerland’s system of direct democracy is complicating the debate about pensions reform
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Country Report
Talking Heads: Ask the experts
Swiss Investors are grappling with negative bond yields and interests rates on cash deposits. We asked experts to assess the situation and share their thoughts for the future of the second-pillar
