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Switzerland’s Ethos Foundation gets tough on governance

January/February 2026 (Magazine)

Sophie Robinson-Tillett interviews the Ethos Foundation’s Vincent Kaufmann

The Red Emperor: Xi Jinping and his new China

October 2024 (Magazine)

Visiting China in the late 1990s and early 2000s was an exhilarating experience for any business traveller. There was a sense that the country was opening and moving forward

Grégoire Haenni: How Switzerland’s CPEG is building resilience

January 2024 (Magazine)

Grégoire Haenni, CIO of CPEG, the public pension fund for the Swiss canton of Geneva, talks to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about his views about markets and the fund’s sustainability journey 

Asset-backed lending in turbulent times

Reference Hub2022-09-16T16:11:00Z By RoundShield

While the pandemic has caused major disruption to our everyday lives, the direct and indirect effects of government intervention, monetary policy, the war in Ukraine and Brexit are also taking shape. With global supply chains impacted, soaring inflation and product shortages, the current environment is clearly challenging. However, with dislocation comes opportunity.

ESG: Managing indices to match convictions

October 2018 (magazine)

More and more investors know it is perfectly possible to link index management with responsible investment by choosing an index fund or an ETF

Pension funds at risk from cyber security threats

January 2023 (Magazine)

Regulators are increasingly focusing on the vulnerabilities of pension funds to the threat of cyber attack, which can bring disruption and potentially large-scale reputational fallout for schemes and sponsors

Canada: The Quiet Giant

Reference Hub2023-07-01T16:12:00Z By BGO (Real Estate)

Exposure to robust economic growth with commercial real estate

Coverage regulation puts strain on merger of Swiss pension funds

2011-08-15T14:15:00Z

New federal law says public schemes must have coverage ratio of 80% by 2052.

Friday people roundup

2012-05-04T12:30:00Z

Caisse de Prévoyance du Canton de Geneve, VBL, Nordbank, Dexia, SWIP, Schroders

​Friday people roundup

2014-09-05T12:56:00Z

Caisse de prévoyance de l’Etat de Genève, BT, BlueBay Asset Management, JLT Employee Benefits, Sacker & Partners

SWFs confound the sceptics

September 2016 (Magazine)

Despite reports that sovereign wealth funds are cashing in their assets to cope with falling oil prices, the sector is still growing 

Briefing: Europe turns Japanese

April 2020 (Magazine)

Despite the more immediate concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic, the spectre of ‘Japanisation ’ casts a dark shadow over euro-zone investment markets. It is possible that the current crisis will supercharge the pre-existing trend for Europe to follow Japan’s economic and financial experiences.

How we run our money: CPEG

June 2019 (Magazine)

Grégoire Haenni, CIO of CPEG, the public pension fund for the Swiss canton of Geneva, explains the fund’s multidimensional approach to asset allocation

Case Study: CPEG

November 2017 (Magazine)

Switzerland’s most vulnerable pension fund has been offered a CHF4.7bn bailout from its sponsor, the canton of Geneva

Swiss pension funds turn backs on securities lending market

2013-06-05T13:45:00Z

SWITZERLAND – Schemes cite 'unattractive' risk/reward, conflicts of interest with borrowers.

Zurich and Swiss Re accept pension fund 'say on pay'

2010-01-11T12:00:00Z

[13:00 CET 11-01] SWITZERLAND – Zurich Financial Services and Swiss Re have agreed to submit their remuneration reports to an advisory vote of shareholders at their next annual general meetings (AGM), following pressure from Swiss pension funds.

Swiss pension funds continue 'say-on-pay' struggle

2009-09-24T15:15:00Z

[16:15 CEST 24-09] SWITZERLAND – The Ethos foundation together with eight pension funds is planning to petition for 'say-on-pay' at another four large Swiss listed companies.

Report outlines pension funds' SRI practices

2007-04-23T16:08:22Z

GLOBAL – A new report from the United Nations has highlighted the socially responsible investment practices of some of the world's most influential pension funds.

Ethos funds demand say on UBS pay

2008-09-23T15:10:00Z

[16:10 CEST 23-09] SWITZERLAND – The Swiss pension fund-owned asset manager Ethos has filed a shareholder resolution, together with eight Swiss pension funds, to demand a “say on pay” within UBS and four other major Swiss corporates.

Sustainable development

September 1997 (Magazine)