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2016 Pension Fund Statistics: final results Pension funds adapt to changing financial markets

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Neuchâtel, 18.12.2017 (FSO) - From 2012 to 2016, pension funds reduced their liquid assets and bonds. In contrast, they increasingly invested in property, shares and alternative assets. This repositioning of investment categories was a response by pension funds to changes in the financial markets. These are some of the final results from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).

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