
Die Babcock Pensionskasse meldet eine finanzielle Schieflage und kündigt Rentenkürzungen an, um eine Insolvenz abzuwenden.
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Die Babcock Pensionskasse befindet sich laut eigenen Angaben in einer finanziellen Schieflage und plant Rentenkürzungen.
Der Schock kommt für Burkhard Greife an einem Mittwoch im Mai. Der Rentner sitzt zu Hause am Tisch, als er den Brief der Babcock Pensionskasse öffnet. Er denkt nichts Schlimmes, was soll seine Pensionskasse schon von ihm wollen?
Doch mit jeder Zeile wächst seine Unruhe: Man sei in eine „finanzielle Schieflage geraten“, schreibt die Kasse, von einer drohenden Insolvenz ist die Rede. Und von Rentenkürzungen, die jetzt nötig seien, um das Schlimmste zu verhindern. Mit der Finanzaufsicht Bafin sei alles schon abgestimmt.
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