Key legal question
Whether the alleged loss of invested assets had to be treated as waiver assets in the supplementary benefits calculation.
Extracted holding
The cantonal court had not sufficiently clarified whether a waiver of assets existed; the case had to be remanded for further fact-finding and a new decision from 1 January 2011 onward.
Extracted reasoning
A mere investment loss is not normally waiver of assets, but waiver may be inferred if a person acted with gross negligence or if the facts show a highly risky investment without adequate instructions. The record was incomplete because the criminal conviction of the bank vice-director, possible relevance of legal advice, and the bank documents had not been properly investigated.