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Swiss schemes apply high interest on savings as yields fall

9 December 2024

It will be ‘very challenging’ for pension funds to generate the statutory minimum interest rate of 1.25%, says PPCmetrics

Swiss scheme excludes commodities under ESG policy despite second-best return

24 May 2022

PKG is also planning to switch to a sustainable benchmark for Swiss bonds, foreign equities, foreign small-cap equities, and emerging market equities

Swiss PKG returns 2%

7 May 2008

[14:30 CEST 07-05] SWITZERLAND – The Swiss CHF2bn (€1.23bn) PKG Pensionskasse, the independent pension fund for small and medium-sized enterprises, booked a 2% investment return in 2007, maintaining its cover ratio.

Switzerland: Workplace pension reform faces referendum test

Top 1000 Pension Funds 2024

The country is introducing regulations on greenwashing and fund investments, while debating how to fund the first and second-pillar pension systems

FX cap hurts Austrian pension funds’ performance

24 August 2018

Caps to be scrapped by January in line with IORP II reforms

Austrian pension funds to set own investment caps under IORP II roll-out

21 May 2018

Plus: Austrian finance minister promises reform of tax incentives for second pillar

Bonus eyes climate risks with fresh investment approach

8 August 2019

The €1.5bn Austrian multi-employer scheme is setting up a fund-of-funds structure it believes will help improve the transparency of climate-related risks

Austrian pension fund association calls for mandatory system

18 January 2017

Austrian schemes return nearly 4.2% on average over 2016

Austria introduces stress tests, ratings rules for pension funds

June 2015 (Online)

New risk-management directive also covers derivatives

Mercer says Austrian reform disappointing

30 September 2004

AUSTRIA - Kurt Bednar, managing director of Mercer Austria, has called for finance minister Karl-Heinz Grasser to show more courage in reforming the pension fund law, or PKG.

Austria: Keeping it complicated

April 2014 (Magazine)

Austrian Pensionskassen portfolios are highly diverse, which not only makes it difficult to speak of ‘average performance’, but also complicates administration and liability management, writes Barbara Ottawa

VBV: Exciting possibilities

April 2019 (Magazine)

Günther Schiendl, CIO of VBV, Austria’s largest pension fund, talks to Barbara Ottawa about the importance of illiquidity and the EU’s sustainable finance initiative

Austrian companies not obliged to offer pension plan choice, experts say

12 June 2014

Employer free to offer just one company pension plan despite new law

Amendment to Austrian pensions law clears first hurdle

19 April 2012

AUSTRIA – Industry expects no further changes after government passes long-awaited reform.

Austria: Occupational pensions under pressure

September 2015 (Magazine)

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Austrian pensions sector faces few new regulatory challenges and the rise of a young competitor

Scheme for Austrian lawyers considers foray into real estate

29 July 2013

AUSTRIA – Pension fund says government’s long-term investment projects ‘also interesting’.

Interview: Karl Timmel CEO, VBV

April 2016 (Magazine)

Karl Timmel, CEO of Austria’s largest Pensionskasse, VBV, helped to set up the second pillar in the country more than two decades ago

Austrian schemes return 7.3%, association says

7 February 2005

AUSTRIA – Austrian pension funds made average returns of 7.3% in 2004, according to the country’s Association of Pension Funds, FVPK.

Austrians ease pressure on funds

October 2003 (Magazine)

Top 1000 Pension Funds: Information overload

September 2013 (Magazine)

The amendment to the law governing Austrian Pensionskassen needed to be amended before it was even implemented. Barbara Ottawa reports