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Switzerland rejects pension cuts in referendum

Global Pensions | 08 Mar 2010 | 14:22

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

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Swiss Post pours more assets into anti-benchmark strategy

SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Post Pension Fund has allocated an additional CHF60m (US$55.5m) to TOBAM’s so-called anti-benchmark fund, the French asset manager said.

Global Pensions | 24 Feb 2010

OECD: Hungary must go further to cut pension costs

HUNGARY – Hungary must make further progress on reforming its pension system to reduce cost pressures on its national budget, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said.

Global Pensions | 12 Feb 2010

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Russia’s pension reform a work in progress

Raquel Pichardo-Allison talks to Pavel Teplukhin, president of Troika Dialog Asset Management, about the state of Russia’s pension reform five years after the second pillar went into force

Poland’s government under criticism over pension reform plans

Jaroslaw Adamowski reports on the controversial proposals facing Poland’s pension industry

Hungary: striving for sustainabilty

The Hungarian pensions system has been on the sharp end of the recent economic downturn and it faces a tough situation ahead, as Dorothee Gnaedinger reports

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Video: interview with Jonathan Boersma, CFA Institute

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Raquel Pichardo-Allison speaks to Jonathan Boersma, executive director, Global Investment Performance Standards, at the CFA Institute.

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