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The following article has been published on CAIA Association Website. Infrastructure Allocations & Backdrop For over a decade until 2022, institutional investors were faced with low interest rates on their fixed income securities [1]. This environment made it increasingly difficult→
A recently published study by Complementa shows that large parts of the returns achieved by institutional investors and the corresponding portfolio volatility can be explained by the investment strategy. However, an investment strategy should not only be defined within an→
Swiss pension fund landscape and regulation of alternative assets The Swiss pension system is based on three-pillars. Public pension provisions in the form of a pay-as-you-go scheme (old-age and survivors’ insurance) constitute the first pillar of this pension system. The→
2023 was a volatile investment year for pension funds, characterized by geopolitical tensions and international central banks’ continuing tight monetary policy. Pension funds were able to achieve an average return of 5.2% last year. 2024 has also been going well→
Complementa AG has been supporting Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB) with investment reporting services since 2006 and has become an important partner of the bank. ZKB took over Complementa with effect from 26 July 2024. The bank is thereby consolidating its significant→
Emerging market equities are widespread in the portfolios of institutional investors. Over 20 years, however, the MSCI Emerging Markets has underperformed the MSCI World. The following article aims to explain reasons for this underperformance. Our analysis shows that the strength→
In 2023, the Magnificent Seven (shares of Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Nvidia, Meta, Microsoft and Tesla) stood out due to their high performance and increasing weighting in various equity benchmarks. Index concentration has not only risen in the S&P 500 but→
Market development 2023 Due to the strong recovery on the stock markets, Swiss pension funds can look back on a good first half year. In the third quarter, particularly in September, as well as in the first month of the→
Nowadays, it is hard to imagine the investment process of institutional investors without considering sustainability. In particular, the decarbonisation of portfolios is a central point of discussion. In this brief overview, we show examples of how sustainability can be taken→