At a Glance
- Customised training
- Partners and staff members active as lecturers at numerous universities and institutions
Training & Education
We offer customised training and are involved in teaching at renowned universities and universities of applied sciences.
Teaching
Our partners as well as several staff members are lecturers at renowned institutions (Universities of Zurich and Berne, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences, Fachhochschule für Personalvorsorge (a polytechnic institute for pension fund management training), KGP seminars and many others).
Customised Trainings
In addition, PPCmetrics offers customised and practical trainings in the area of asset management (e.g. for members of the board of trustees). The contents and extent of these trainings are individually adjusted to the participants’ needs and level of knowledge.
PPCmetrics actively supports training and continuing education through the teaching activity of our partners and consultants at several universities and institutes:
AZEK (Swiss Training Centre for Investment Professionals) | www.azek.ch |
Center for Urban & Real Estate Management (CUREM) | www.bf.uzh.ch/curem.html |
Conférence des Administrateurs de Caisses de Pensions | www.cacp.ch |
University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland | www.fhnw.ch |
Fachschule für Personalvorsorge | www.fs-personalvorsorge.ch |
Formation pour les membres des Conseils de fondation | www.formation-cdf.ch |
HWZ University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich | www.fh-hwz.ch |
Institute of Financial Services Zug IFZ | www.hslu.ch/ifz |
KGP seminar | www.kgp.ch |
Master of Advanced Studies in Banking and Finance (CFA Track) | ![]() |
Swiss Finance Institute | www.swissfinanceinstitute.ch |
University of Bern | www.ifm.unibe.ch |
University of Zurich | www.uzh.ch |
Verbandsmanagementinstitut (VMI) of the University of Fribourg | www.vmi.ch |
VPS Verlag für Schweizer Personalvorsorge |
https://vps.epas.ch/aus-und-weiterbildung/aufbau-und-vertiefung/vorsorge-und-anlagestrategie |
Zürcher Fachhochschule | www.zfh.ch |
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.