Switzerland rejects pension cuts in referendum

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SWITZERLAND - The Swiss voted against a second pillar pension benefits cut introduced in 2008 in a national referendum held yesterday.

Over 72% of voters said ‘no' to a progressive reduction of the so-called minimum conversion rate to 6.4% in 2016, from 7%. The conversion rate is the percentage applied to accumulated capital to ca...

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