Switzerland - Pension System Overview

 

• IOPS Country profile: Switzerland 2018 (pdf)

• Switzerland: Pension system in 2018 and Country Specific Findings (Pensions at a Glance 2019. OECD and G20 indicators)

• Switzerland Mandatory funded pension profile 2018 (ISSA/OECD/IOPS complementary and private pensions database)

Key regulatory and Supervisory Authority

Base Pension Plan:

• Federal Department of Home Affairs: provides general supervision and regulation: www.edi.admin.ch/edi/en
• Federal Social Insurance Office: supervises implementation of the base pension plan: www.bsv.admin.ch/bsv/en
• Central Compensation Office: maintains a register of all insured persons and pensioners: www.zas.admin.ch/zas/en

Mandatory Occupational Pension:

• Regional supervisory authorities: supervise the pension institutions that have their head office on its territory.

• Swiss Occupational Pension Supervisory Commission (OPSC), www.oak-bv.admin.ch/en
  OPSC supervises the regional supervisory authorities, the LOB guarantee fund, the Substitute Occupational Benefit Institution and investment funds.

Selected Key Statistical References

• Federal Statistical Office, www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home.html

• OECD, Global Pension Statistics project: www.oecd.org/daf/pensions/gps