SWEDEN - Pensioners could see pension payments reduced by 4.4% next year due to stockmarket falls and declines in AP fund assets, a report by the Swedish Social Insurance Agency reveals.
The report said the Swedish pension system recorded a loss of SEK261bn (US$30.3bn) in 2008 - as surplus income from the fund was outweighed by a deficit of SEK 243bn. It said total pension syste...
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