PSP Swiss Property AG

Vontobel AM is an active asset manager with global reach and a multi-boutique approach.

PGGM favors equity investments in North American and Europe and in sectors including financial services, raw materials, services and information technology. Their fixed-income portfolios primarily focus on European government bonds, but they also invest in US bonds and investment-grade credits. Their investment process begins with asset allocation and risk budgeting using VAR and RVAR. They then allocate markets, determine the investment style and select either an internal or an external manager. As a socially responsible investor, the firm pays close attention to the corporate governance practices of the companies in which they invest and exercises their shareholder rights by voting at their general meetings.

OLZ is an active, specialist manager which aims to utilize minimum variance to optimize risk returns and achieve above average returns due to low volatility. They offer systematic (rule-based) portfolio optimization technology for stocks, bonds and mixed mandates.The firm predicts the risk properties (volatilities, correlations) for individual equity and interest rate zones and derives an optimally diversified portfolio. The target portfolio is the ex-ante minimum variance portfolio, which optimally captures above average returns (known as the low volatility premium).OLZ systematically follows a 3-step rule-based investment process without discretionary range to manage portfolios. For bonds, they optimize portfolios by taking individual risk factors into consideration. They focus on best creditworthiness and highest liquidity to minimize counterparty (credit risks) and liquidity risks. Minimum variance optimization leads to optimized interest rate risk diversification. Currency risks are almost fully hedged effectively.