UBS Pension Forum – Analysis of the Pension Reform 2020 proposal and UBS Retirement Index Switzerland

The final results of the analysis of the proposed Pension Reform 2020 show that the reform would improve long-term pension funding and make the system more sustainable. Given the large size of implicit funding gaps, it is, however, only a small step that comes at the cost of worsening intergenerational equity. The UBS Retirement Index, which measures the pulse of the Swiss pension system, shows continued weakening in the last quarter of 2016 and the first of 2017.