Edipresse Pension Fund

Overview

Pierre Lamunière founded the Edipresse Group and grew it into a publishing force across Switzerland and later Asia. The group's pension fund, based in Lausanne, operates as a defined-contribution foundation under Swiss law, providing retirement benefits exclusively to Edipresse employees. The fund's existence is directly tied to the operating company's history in magazine and newspaper publishing, with the Lamunière family — including Michel Lamunière, who now chairs Tatler Asia, and Sébastien Lamunière, overseeing European operations — maintaining close oversight. The fund's investment posture is dominated by real estate concentrated in French-speaking Switzerland. Known holdings include La Tour Edipresse, the group's commercial headquarters at Avenue de la Gare 33 in Lausanne, and the Square du Stand residential development in Geneva. While the pension vehicle is legally separate from the operating company, its asset base is deeply interwoven with Edipresse Group properties. The portfolio further extends to broader real estate across the Romandie region. The fund does not publicly market itself to external investors, nor does it disclose a diversified venture or private equity program typical of larger Swiss pension schemes. Swiss pension foundations operate under strict federal oversight (BVG/LPP), mandating defined-contribution structures for private-sector employees. The Lamunière family's network — including Pierre Lamunière's board seats at the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce and Economiesuisse — places the fund within elite Swiss business circles, though the fund itself has no known external co-investment platforms or public-facing investment team recruitment. The fund's structural differentiator is its embeddedness within a family-controlled media group. Unlike pooled Swiss pension schemes that aggregate multiple employers, the Edipresse Pension Fund serves a single corporate sponsor. This architecture aligns the fund's long-term capital with the Lamunière family's operational assets, including the headquarters building and other real estate. The arrangement creates an unusual convergence of pension liabilities, operating-company balance sheet risk, and family-office-style real asset management under one roof.