Private Markets
Tail-risk hedging lessons from the corona crisis
The coronavirus crisis illustrates that equity collar strategies may still have a place for pension funds.
Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Asset Managers
Do large pension funds achieve better results?
Illiquid Investments: Challenges ahead
Illiquid investments should appeal to pension funds because of their long-term benefits, but are opportunities equal?
Is faith in past winners justified?
Rankings of top performers are publicly available for retail funds. However, databases for institutional mandates (segregated accounts and institutional funds) are still incomplete and rare. For our historical simulation of picking past winners we use a set of track records that were submitted by asset managers as part of public and non-public mandate tenders for […]
What can I expect from my pension fund?
Alfred Bühler and Lukas Riesen explain why the risk-bearing funding ratio could become the yardstick for Swiss pension funds.
Is factor-based allocation new?
Factor-based allocation may be theoretically interesting for Swiss pension funds but it is hard to implement in a practical way.
Switzerland: The safe haven trap
Lukas Riesen and Alfred Bühler analyse the consequences for pension funds arising from the flight to ‘safe haven Switzerland’ and present possible solutions for dealing with this risk.
Swiss Investors demand CHF hedged share classes
Hedged options in funds denominated in foreign currencies are becoming a tap priority for Swiss Investors after the franc’s rough ride during the summer months.