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Legal Advice

The legal requirements and issues relating to institutional asset management are becoming ever more complex. PPCmetrics advises pension funds, other institutional investors and private investors bearing their specific needs in mind. The focus is on implementing regulatory guidelines and current best practice in an integral and client-oriented manner.

Investment Process

Legal support for bodies of institutional investors regarding investment organization and its implementation
General legal advice for institutional investors
Training staff members of institutional investors in legal matters

Legal Due Diligence

Contract review
Performing due diligence checks on collective investments/private equity/hedge funds, specifically developed for institutional investors
Assisting institutional investors in governance issues such as organization, responsibilities, processes, handling/avoiding conflicts of interests

Contract Negotiation

Developing legal and economic specifications for asset managers
Supporting or representing clients in contract negotiations:

Asset management
Global custody (including supplementary documents)
Repo/securities lending (incl. GMRA, ISMA)
Financial products (derivatives, collective investment vehicles, etc.)

Legal assessment of investments in collective vehicles, private equity, hedge funds, etc. (Swiss and foreign law)
Consultancy services and support in setting up and restructuring private label funds
Second opinions on legal issues
Preparing expert opinions
Supporting institutional Investors in cases of disputes with parties charged with asset management

Contact

Dr. Alfred Bühler
Partner
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Dr. Eliane Menghetti
Managing Director
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Publications

Challenges Pension Funds Face due to Low Interest Rates

Risk-averse asset-only investors should go for short duration as risk return is distributed highly asymmetrically.

Risk Shifting and Performance in Equity Portfolios

Pension Fund Governance Where do we go from here?

The Swiss Pensions System: Risk Management?... Lessons Learned

An Overview of the Swiss Pension System

Factsheets

Legal consulting

Legal consulting for Pension Funds

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About PPCmetrics

PPCmetrics AG is a leading consulting firm whose services include investment controlling and investment consulting, selection of financial service providers (asset manager selection) including public procurements for such selection, asset liability management (ALM), definition of investment strategies, asset allocation, portfolio analyses, drafting of investment regulations, consulting on sustainable investments, legal consulting (BVG/LPP, financial market legislation, pension fund governance) and actuarial consulting as well as activities as pension actuary. Our clients in Switzerland and abroad include institutional investors such as insurance companies, as well as renowned professional investors such as pension funds, employee benefits foundations, public social insurances and pension funds and other public-law entities, large companies, foundations, associations (in particular non-profit organisations) or ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWI) and their consultants (e.g. family offices).

Legal Notice

PPCmetrics AG advises its clients upon their own initiative and carries out its analyses according to the processes it has developed. It does not make any investment decisions on behalf or for the clients and expressly does not make any investment recommendation. As well-informed investors it is in the clients’ responsibility and at their discretion how they decide and act based on the advice offered by PPCmetrics AG. PPCmetrics AG assumes that the clients possess the necessary knowledge and sufficient experience in the financial field to make their investment decisions and assess the associated risks. PPCmetrics AG does not perform an assessment of appropriateness or of suitability pursuant to the FinSA. Based on the clients’ specifications, PPCmetrics AG assumes that the investments are compatible with their investment objectives, in particular their risk capacity as well as the asset allocation and the time horizon of the investments. PPCmetrics AG is not involved in the development, management or recommendation of financial instruments. It does not participate in the distribution of financial instruments, does not accept any compensation from third parties in connection with the provision of its services and is compensated exclusively by its clients according to a fee agreement. The partners of PPCmetrics AG are registered as investment advisors in the advisor register of BX Swiss AG (www.regservices.ch). PPCmetrics AG is affiliated to the financial ombudsman FINOS, Talstrasse 20, 8001 Zurich (www.finos.ch). Furthermore, PPCmetrics AG is accredited by the OPSC as a pension actuary. Please consult www.ppcmetrics.ch/en/about-us/regulation/ for further information and notes.

PPCmetrics AG complies with the provisions of the Swiss Data Protection Act and, where applicable, the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union. Further information on data protection and data processing by PPCmetrics AG can be found at www.ppcmetrics.ch/de/uber-uns/datenschutz/.

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