Vita Joint Foundation is one of the biggest joint and community institutions in Switzerland, with a balance sheet total of over CHF 16 billion. In 2019, the number of affiliated companies grew by 755 to 22,583; the number of the insured also increased by 9.2% and is now 141,385. "Our size has a positive effect on the security and stability of the foundation," noted Werner Wüthrich, managing director of the Vita Joint Foundation.
As of December 31, 2019, Vita Joint Foundation lowered the technical interest rate to 1.75%. Admittedly, this does have a negative short-term effect on the cover ratio, but in the long term it will improve the stability of the foundation, since the pension obligations are evaluated with an economically realistic interest rate. Vita Joint Foundation has taken a stand against the unsupportable redistribution from young to old with the moderate lowering of the conversion rate, which was already announced last year.
The beneficiaries of the Vita Joint Foundation have benefited from above-average interest earned on their retirement assets in recent years. The Vita Joint Foundation returns its investment income, staggered over five years, to its beneficiaries, based on the cover ratio as of October 31. The target coverage ratio of 106% was not achieved in the 2019 financial year as the condition for forming a new interest reserve. However, the beneficiaries do profit from the interest tranches of previous years. The maximum interest earned on the retirement assets in 2019 was 2.40% in the mandatory insurance and 2.65% in the super mandatory part.
| Affiliated employers | 22,583 |
| Active members | 141,385 |
| Pensioners on own balance sheet | 4,010 |
| Assets in CHF million | 16,247 |
| Return on asset investments | 8.66% |
| Coverage ratio I (Art. 44 Abs. 2 BVV2) | 104.3% |
| Max. interest earned on mandatory savings capital | 2.40% |
| Max. interest earned on super-mandatory savings capital | 2.65% |
| The amount of interest credits is dependent on date of joining the foundation. | |