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Deteriorating economic conditions saw Swiss pension funds return on average -10.7% for the year to end-September. Download the article (IPE November 2022, Country Report Switzerland) The year 2021 was an impressive one for Swiss occupational pension funds, the country’s fully→
Swiss Pensionskassen have been steadily increasing their investment allocations to infrastructure, both domestically and abroad, partially as a result of a separate category within alternative investments introduced in 2020. The trend relating to increasing infrastructure investments has cemented over the→
Swiss pension funds have experienced heavy losses since the start of the year and the coverage ratio has fallen by around 11 percentage points. Thomas Breitenmoser, Head of Investment Consulting/Controlling, puts the situation in context: «We are currently experiencing the→
Swiss Pensionskassen have been preparing for a challenging environment of rising interest rates, high inflation and capital market volatility, while taking a hit on returns in the first months of the year as a result of the war in Ukraine.→
The investment mix of pension funds has changed noticeably in recent years and has become riskier. Real estate and alternative investments in particular have risen in importance, as the Complementa risk check-up study shows. However, newly permitted asset classes will→
On May 17th, 2022, the 4th Annual Germany Institutional Forum is being held at Jumeirah Frankfurt Hotel. Meet Complementa’s Eberhard Schwarz on Site and follow the Panel Discussion at 15.20: Real Assets – Investments in Real Estate, Energy and Infrastructure→
New investment category At its meeting on 17 November 2021, the Federal Council decided to create a new investment category for unlisted investments. From 1 January 2022, non-listed Swiss investments can be treated as a separate category in the catalogue→
Swiss pension funds have coped well with the effects of COVID but the pension system needs to be brought up to date. The capital-weighted average funded ratio has risen to its highest level in 20 years Pension funds are being→
“For us is important that with the reform, the minimum conversion rate is finally lowered” says Heinz Rothacher (CEO Complementa AG), about the reform proposal dubbed as “middle way” in parliament. Read the full article here, with all of our→