In Focus
Swiss Institutional Symposium 2026
A curated one-day format for senior institutional asset owners: regulation, private markets, alternatives and the next generation of investment paradigms.
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- Private Markets
Senior Credit Is Back in Favour. What Survives the Swiss Franc Hedge?
EU insurers gain capital relief and loans pay near-record coupons. What senior credit still offers Swiss pension funds …
Private MarketsMicrofinance for Swiss Institutional Investors: A Stabiliser for Fixed Income
Twenty years of index data show microfinance earning bond-like returns at 0.6% volatility. What the c-alm study means …
Private MarketsInfrastructure: Bond Substitute or Operating Business?
Infrastructure is Swiss pension funds' largest alternative. Why battery storage is an operating business, not a bond …
- Sustainability
Responsible Investing Is Decided Asset Class by Asset Class
Swiss pension funds have adopted the language of responsible investing. The harder questions are how far to go towards impact, and what each asset class can realistically deliver within the requirements of BVV 2.
- Pensions & Insurance
The World Is Discovering Funded Pensions. What Does That Mean for Institutionals?
From Washington to Berlin, The Hague and London, governments are expanding funded pensions. They are doing so in very different ways, however – and the real dispute is no longer whether retirement savings belong in capital markets, but who pays, who bears the risk and whom the capital should serve.
- Pensions & Insurance
The Total Portfolio Approach in a Swiss Setting
Large asset owners are replacing asset-class quotas with one reference portfolio. How Swiss pension funds can adapt the …
- Macro & Geopolitics
Bonds Are Paying Again: Are we Facing a New Era of Fixed Income?
2026 has reset bond markets: US 10-year yields above 5%, Swiss yields near 0.5%. What research, PIMCO, KKR, DWS, BNP AM …
- Sustainability
Stewardship Is Not a Policy Document. It Is a Discipline.
Codes, directives and the BVG voting duty have made stewardship visible, not effective. What Swiss pension fund boards …
