IPE institutional market survey: Managers of Swiss institutional assets 2026

January/February 2026 (Magazine)

Domestic managers top our ranking, in terms of AUM, of the leading managers of Swiss institutional assets. However, UBS Asset Management is the undisputed leader, following the acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS, and the onboarding of Credit Suisse’s institutional clients.

UBS’s share of the wider institutional market and of the pension fund market is almost 28% and 37%, respectively. The runner-up in our ranking, Zürcher Kantonalbank, controls 18% of institutional assets and 23% of Swiss pension fund assets. Swiss Life Asset Managers has a 12% market share among institutional managers and it controls 6% of Swiss pension fund assets. Pictet, in fourth place, controls 5.3% of the institutional market and 5.4% of pension fund assets.  

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