Pekam

Pekam

Pekam was founded in 1997 and operates from Maegenwil, Switzerland, as a dedicated administrator and asset manager for company-owned pension schemes. The firm's identity is built on a single line of business: managing autonomous Pensionskassen under Swiss second-pillar mandates. Clients include blue-chip industrial names — Holcim's two pension vehicles and Saint-Gobain Weber AG are cited on the firm's website — where Pekam acts as the outsourced management company handling governance, actuarial work, and investment office functions. Pekam's investment remit spans the full balance sheet of Swiss pension funds: direct fixed-income mandates, equity portfolios, and real-asset allocations. The firm does not market public fund vehicles or disclose a unified AUM; it operates account-by-account for each Stiftungsrat. R. Odermatt, CFA, heads the investment function, supported by a junior portfolio manager in a flat structure. The strategic focus is on cost-aware, liability-matched execution — the firm's public references emphasize reasonable fees and efficient administration over performance alpha. The geographic footprint is domestic, serving corporate pension schemes headquartered in Switzerland, with no evidence of cross-border fund management or offshore clients. Pekam's organizational model is lean and generalist. No professional headcount is published, but the website lists roughly 14 named staff across management, actuarial, administration, investment, and compliance. Recent operational visibility comes from a news post dated January 2026, noting that Holcim pension funds credited 9% interest to member savings for 2025 — a figure that signals both the return environment the firm navigated and the client mandate's continuing health. The firm does not operate adjacent vehicles such as philanthropic foundations or venture arms, nor does it reference any peer-network or club affiliations. Pekam's structural distinction is its embedded model: it acts less like a consultant or external asset manager and more like the permanent management company for a handful of closed, company-specific pension schemes. This architecture aligns governance, administration, and investment under one roof — a setup that contrasts with both large multi-employer Sammelstiftungen and arms-length advisory mandates.