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Medpension vsao asmac
Medpension vsao asmac is a Belgian company founded in 1986. It specializes in occupational pension plans for the healthcare sector. The company provides...
Medpension vsao asmac
Medpension vsao asmac is a Belgian company founded in 1986. It specializes in occupational pension plans for the healthcare sector. The company provides pension solutions for medical professionals and their staff.
General information
Firm type
Pension Fund
Year founded
1986
AUM
CHF 1–3 billion (Altss estimate)
Location
Region
Europe
Country
Switzerland
City
Bern
Corporate office
Bern, Switzerland
Principals
Dr. med. Kaspar Rohrer
Member of the Board of Trustees
Marianne Schenk
Member of the Board of Trustees
Marc Wagner
Head of Administration
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at Medpension vsao asmac?
Investment governance rests with the Stiftungsrat, the Board of Trustees, which includes practicing physicians Dr. med. Kaspar Rohrer and Marianne Schenk. Day-to-day administrative management is handled by Marc Wagner, who serves as Head of Administration. The fund does not publicly list a dedicated CIO or internal investment team, suggesting a trustee-overseen model where asset management is largely delegated to external managers — consistent with the reliance on fund commitments to GPs like Global Infrastructure Partners and the participation in the Ethos Engagement Pool for stewardship.
How does Medpension source its investment opportunities?
The fund's investment activity points to a manager-relationship-driven sourcing model rather than direct origination. Its positions in Global Infrastructure Partners 1-C and 2-C indicate access to large-cap infrastructure fundraises, while the Ethos Foundation membership provides pooled engagement infrastructure. The direct Swiss residential portfolio — four properties in the Bern periphery — was likely sourced through regional broker networks, given the local nature of Swiss real estate transactions.
What is Medpension's relationship to VSAO and ASMAC?
VSAO (Verband Schweizerischer Assistenz- und Oberärztinnen und -ärzte) and ASMAC (Association suisse des médecins-assistant(e)s et chef(fe)s de clinique) are the founding and partner organizations of Medpension. They represent salaried and student physicians in Switzerland's German- and French-speaking regions, respectively. Medpension exists as the occupational benefits foundation for their members, making it a captive pension vehicle — membership is tied to employment in the Swiss healthcare system as a salaried physician.
Does Medpension invest directly or through funds?
Medpension uses a mixed approach. For infrastructure, it commits through blind-pool funds — the GIP fund stakes confirm a fund-of-funds or LP commitment posture. For real estate, it holds four Swiss residential properties directly, implying in-house asset management for at least a portion of the real-asset allocation. The fund's secondaries-heavy strategy likely operates through both direct secondaries transactions and LP commitments to dedicated secondaries vehicles, though specific structures are not publicly detailed.
What is Medpension's approach to sustainable investing?
Medpension participates in the Ethos Engagement Pool, which coordinates shareholder engagement for Swiss pension funds on ESG topics. It is also a member of the Swiss Climate Alliance (Klima-Allianz) and takes part in the alliance's pension fund climate compatibility ratings. These affiliations signal a commitment to Swiss norms of sustainable institutional stewardship, executed primarily through pooled engagement rather than bespoke in-house ESG integration.
How does Medpension's participant base influence its investment strategy?
Because Medpension serves exclusively salaried physicians — a demographic with stable, high lifetime earnings — its liability profile likely features longer contribution periods and higher average account balances than a multi-sector fund. This may permit higher risk tolerance in illiquid assets (infrastructure, secondaries, direct real estate) and a longer-duration asset-liability matching approach. The hybrid DB-DC structure further modulates the risk-sharing between employer and employee, influencing the fund's ability to absorb short-term volatility.
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