In a public referendum last March, Swiss voters rejected a proposal that would have lowered the mandatory retirement rate paid on workers' pensions. The proposal lost by a wide margin of 72.7%.
After voters rejected the measure, the Swiss Government lost no time in putting in motion reform measures to be phased in starting 2011, which are aimed at making occupational pension funds more tr...
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