IPE: Pensions in Switzerland

• Pensions in Switzerland: Cost wary could lose out
  By Barbara Ottawa

  All sides agree that the new cost transparency regulation is a great success. But the federal government has more ideas up its sleeve, finds Barbara Ottawa.

• Cost transparency: What Switzerland can learn from the Netherlands
  By Barbara Ottawa

  The discussion on asset management costs is not limited to Switzerland. In the Netherlands, similar regulatory requirements have been in place for a couple of years, transparency is completely accepted now, and the discussion has moved to cost levels.

• How Swiss funds have achieved transparency
  By Barbara Ottawa

  As part of the structural reform, §48a fig. 3 of the BVV law governing Pensionskassen investments was put in place to raise transparency in the reporting of asset management costs in the second pillar.

• Pensions in Switzerland: Drawing a line under supervision
  By Barbara Ottawa

  Switzerland’s top supervisor wants to move towards a more pre-emptive approach based on risk parameters but the pension fund community is sceptical, according to Barbara Ottawa.

• Pensions in Switzerland: What can I expect from my pension fund?
  By Alfred Buehler, Lukas Riesen

  For any pension scheme, the purpose of investing is to fund future benefits. A pension fund can offset investment risks in two different ways – either by taking advantage of existing risk capital (reserves), or by adjusting future contributions and benefits.

• Pensions in Switzerland: Tectonic plates
  By Carlo Svaluto Moreolo

  The business models of Swiss private banks have been under pressure, leading many to target institutional business, as Carlo Svaluto Moreolo finds.

• Pensions in Switzerland: Changes on the horizon
  By Carlo Svaluto Moreolo

  Risk-based strategies are gaining momentum among Swiss pension funds, Carlo Svaluto Moreolo finds.

• Top 1000: Switzerland – Reforms lack comprehensive support
  By Barbara Ottawa

  The government has amended few of its Altersvorsorge 2020 reform proposals following a consultation with the industry.

• Switzerland: A dying breed
  By Barbara Ottawa

  Smaller companies are pulling out of pensions thanks to cost, regulation and demographics. Barbara Ottawa charts the trend.

• Switzerland: Securities lending in focus
  By Jonathan Williams

  Only months before legislation on executive pay and shareholder voting comes into force, Jonathan Williams finds an industry uncertain about whether it will be forced to vote shares, and how new rules will affect securities lending.

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