Swisscanto

SWITZERLAND - Funding levels of Swiss pension funds were nearly flat in 2010 and funds are now increasing their exposures to higher returning investments to help plug the liability gap.

Stratification is happening within fixed income portfolios, Helen Fowler reports

Stratification is happening within fixed income portfolios, Helen Fowler reports

SWITZERLAND - Swiss pension funds must take on more risk if they are to meet projected returns, Swisscanto says.

SWITZERLAND - Over 80% of Swiss private pension funds stated a cover ratio of 100% or more at the end of last year, the Swisscanto Pension Funds Survey 2010 found.

US - The average Swiss pension fund tipped over the 100% funding mark in the first quarter, up 10 percentage points from a year earlier, according to Swisscanto's Pension Fund Monitor.

SWITZERLAND/ITALY/UK - Swisscanto is planning a move into the Italian pension market after a recent expansion into the UK, a company official said.

SWITZERLAND - The funding levels of Swiss pension funds continued to recover in the last three months of 2009 as the stock market rally refused to fizzle, a survey showed.