Nach dem Gemeinderat hat nun auch das Personal der Gemeinde Oberrieden für den Wechsel von der Beamtenversicherungskasse (BVK) zur Swisscanto gestimmt. Die Ankündigung von geänderten Bedingungen auf den 1. Januar 2017 hat die Gemeinde dazu bewogen. So werden der Zinssatz von 3,25 auf 2 Prozent gesenkt und die Rentenumwandlungssätze von 6,2 auf 4,89 Prozent reduziert. Das Angebot der Swisscanto beinhalte die gleichen Leistungen für das Gemeindepersonal – ohne die Einbussen, wie das bei der BVK ab dem neuen Jahr wäre, begründet das Personal den Entscheid. Die Gemeinde verspricht sich eine verbesserte Stellung als Arbeitgeber. Die Kosten für den Wechsel von geschätzten 800 000 Franken werden in der laufenden Rechnung belastet.
Oktober 10, 2016
Sweden’s $34 Billion Pension Fund Can’t Be Happier Out of Bonds
AP7, one of Sweden’s five state pension funds, has less than 8 percent of its investments in bonds, and holds a very short duration of about two years. Pension funds across the OECD last year held on average more than 50 percent of their portfolios in bonds, according to a study released in June. That’s becoming costly in a world dominated by negative interest rates.
AP7 manages two funds, a 281 billion-krona stock fund and a 23 billion-krona fixed-income fund. Over the past two years, the stock fund has returned 10 percent on average, while the bonds has gained 1.4 percent.
UK working to get pension funds to finance infrastructure
Britain’s government is working to find ways to get domestic pension funds to invest in new nuclear power, rail and broadband projects ahead of a mid-year budget statement next month, the Sunday Telegraph reported late on Saturday.
The newspaper cited a government source as saying the projects would offer funds a higher return than standard government bonds, and that Britain’s finance ministry would consider underwriting some of the initial risk of projects. «If you’ve got a long-term infrastructure need why wouldn’t we be looking to put sensible money into that,» the source was quoted as saying.
«Pension funds need to invest their money, they don’t want it sitting in cash or government bonds. If you can put it into something that can get them a decent return, that is far better,» the source said.