IPE's Switzerland Coverage – Page 62
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News
ASIP warns against 'breaking up' pension reform package
Association says failure of reform would ‘destroy Switzerland as we know it’.
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Country Report
Switzerland: Rights and responsibilities
Nina Rohrbein analyses the consequences for Swiss pension funds, their advisers and asset managers of the referendum on executive pay
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Country Report
Switzerland: Funds play catch-up
David Pauls and Peter Zanella argue that Swiss pension funds must keep up with underlying economic and demographic reality, and that policy makers should stop moving the goalposts
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Country Report
Switzerland: Magic number crunching
Swiss pension funds have enjoyed a major recovery in the funding levels over the past months. But the fundamental problems remain, writes Barbara Ottawa
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Country Report
Switzerland: New challenges for asset managers
Richard Bruyère presents the results of Image & Finance’s latest research covering the institutional market in Switzerland
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Country Report
Switzerland: Smart on beta benchmarks
Swiss pension funds have mostly shied away from alternatively weighted benchmark strategies. Cécile Sourbes finds that adoption will depend on thorough analysis and transparency of data
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Country Report
Switzerland: Cage fight against complacency
Some think the second pillar is perfect, so 17 years ago four people set out to challenge that view with an innovative approach and an international viewpoint. Innovation Zweite Säule co-founder Werner Nussbaum tells Barbara Ottawa about challenges past and present
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NewsSwiss pension fund SBB looks to introduce variable pension
SWITZERLAND – Managing director laments 'subsidisation' of pensioners by active members.
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NewsAverage public pension fund in Switzerland achieves full funding
SWITZERLAND – Rallying equity markets help Swiss schemes bolster funding, Swisscanto survey shows.
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NewsSwiss must raise contributions or cut conversion rate, expert warns
SWITZERLAND – Second-pillar contributions will need to be raised by 'as much as 40%'.
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NewsActuarial changes hit UBS pension funds for CHF4bn
SWITZERLAND – IAS 19R standard adopted last year eliminates 'corridor method'.
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NewsNumber of underfunded private pension funds in Switzerland halved
SWITZERLAND – Swisscanto survey shows average funding level increasing by 400 basis points year on year.
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NewsSwiss pension funds report 'pleasant' returns for 2012
SWITZERLAND – Pension fund association still worried by long-term performance.
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Equities help €7bn Swiss scheme get returns back on track
SWITZERLAND – Fund seen as barometer for other Swiss schemes.
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Swiss roundup: Publica, ifund services, UBS, LIBOR
SWITZERLAND – Country’s largest pension fund to lower discount rate from 2015.
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NewsSwiss pensions watchdog to alter calculations for funding levels
SWITZERLAND – Number of underfunded schemes increases by 6 percentage points year on year.
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NewsSwiss BVK wins vote of confidence from members
SWITZERLAND – Members had threatened to leave scheme due to funding gap, uncertainty over aid.
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Country Report
Switzerland: To hedge or not to hedge
Nina Roehrbein finds pension funds facing a dilemma over their currency hedging strategy as the Swiss National Bank maintains its floor to the euro
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Switzerland: Caution reigns supreme
Andreas Niedermann and Jürgen Rothmund note that Swiss institutions have not abandoned their euro hedge
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Switzerland: Design fault
Conflict between active members and retirees, costs and market factors will all drive changes to the Swiss second pillar, according to Barbara Ottawa
