Annual Report 2024

Employee benefits units

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At GEMINI, each affiliated company has its own employee benefits unit and decides on its benefits and financing. In 2024, all coverage ratios were above 100%. The interest rate was determined individually. All investment pools achieved results in line with the industry average.

Coverage ratio

As at the end of 2024, all active employee benefits units had a coverage ratio of over 100%.

Distribution of the coverage ratio of employee benefits units in %

%20242023202220212020
<901
90–94.992
95–99.99527
100–104.9922648869
105–109.996991912429
110–114.998059435965
115–119.994729148286
>120462923131115

Interest

The pension fund committees set the interest rate for 2024 based on the returns achieved. The administrative office calculates a provisional coverage ratio for each employee benefits unit at the end of October. This shows how the chosen interest rate affects the coverage ratio and includes guidance for the pension fund committees when deciding on the interest rate.

Investment results of the GEMINI Pools

Investment result in %

Pool 20Pool 35Pool 50Pool 0
GEMINI5.407.188.994.06
Benchmark5.537.279.264.04

GEMINI’s four investment pools achieved returns in line with the industry average in 2024. The most popular choice, Pool 20, achieved a return of 5.40% as at the end of December 2024. Pool 35 achieved a return of 7.18%, and Pool 50 posted 8.99%. The conservative Pool 0 (excluding equities) recorded a return of 4.06%. All figures refer to the time-weighted rates of return in the investment pools. The capital gains of the respective employee benefits units are calculated individually according to their money-weighted rate of return.

GEMINI’s four investment strategies

GEMINI strategies in %Pool 20Pool 35Pool 50Pool 0
Liquidity3335
Bonds CHF1615838
Foreign currency government bonds hedged113
Foreign currency corporate bonds hedged983.5
Mortgages Switzerland22230
Global High Yield hedged443.5
Fixed interest45352073
Swiss equities91217
Foreign equities1611.513
Foreign equities hedged11.520
Equities2535500
Swiss real estate20202027
Foreign real estate555
Real estate25252527
Infrastructure555
Total100100100100

Return of investment categories in %

Investment categoryGEMINIBenchmark
Bonds CHF5.435.39
Foreign currency bonds-0.59-0.89
Swiss equities6.106.18
Foreign equities23.5224.25
Swiss real estate3.553.55
Foreign real estate-0.96-0.96
Alternative investments5.015.01
Infrastructure12.8012.80
Mortgages Switzerland3.863.86

Choice of investment strategy by employee benefits units in %

20242023202220212020
GEMINI Pool 205655576064
GEMINI Pool 352626252219
GEMINI Pool 5066432
GEMINI Pool 012233
Individual1111121212
Total100100100100100
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