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Credit Suisse

The management and Board of Trustees of the Schindler Pension Fund have been monitoring developments surrounding Credit Suisse closely in the past few days.

1/27/23

Information from the Schindler Pension Fund

Schindler Pension Fund Stable Despite Demanding Investment Climate

1/9/23

First Sustainability Report 2022

The Schindler Pension Fund takes its responsibility for asset management seriously. In recent years it has been looking in depth at developments surrounding sustainability targets.

1/11/22

Performance 2021

Excellent Investment Year 2021 for the Schindler Pension Fund

12/13/21

ESG regulation 2021

Sustainable investing / ESG (Environment, Social, Governance)

2/2/20

Performance 2020

The Pension Fund recorded a good result of +4.3% for the year, outperforming the UBS pension fund barometer figure of +3.8%

1/27/20

Performance 2019

The Pension Fund recorded a very pleasing performance of +9.8% for the year.

1/28/19

Performance 2018

With a performance of -1.91%, the Pension Fund reported its first negative annual result since 2008, although it was once again above average in comparison with the UBS pension funds barometer (-3.45%).

1/31/18

Performance 2017

The Schindler Pension Fund once again outperformed the UBS pension funds barometer (+7.8%) in 2017, as it has every year since 2010.

1/10/17

Performance 2016

Pleasing performance in low-interest environment

2/2/16

Cover ratio 2015

The cover ratio has fallen from 115.6% (end-2014) to approximately 114%.

1/24/16

Performance 2015

Under difficult conditions, the Schindler Pension fund generated a satisfactory performance of +2.70% for the 2015 financial year.

1/19/16

Interest on retirement assets 2015

Interest of 2,05% will be paid on active insureds' retirement assets for 2015.

11/3/15

Change to investment strategy as of October 1, 2015

In view of the low level of interest rates in Switzerland, and the considerable volatility in exchange rates, the Board of Trustees has decided to reduce the Pension Fund's strategic liquidity allocation from 2.5 % to 1.0 %

1/25/15

Pension adjustment

Instead of increasing pensions, the Board of Trustees has decided to pay pensioners who were already in receipt of a pension in December 2014 a one-off bonus of 60% of one monthly pension. This payment was made in the second half of February 2015.

1/24/15

Performance / cover ratio in 2014

The investments of the Schindler Pension Fund generated a very pleasing performance of 8.6% for the 2014 financial year.