Pensionskasse der Holcim (Switzerland)

Pensionskasse der Holcim (Switzerland)

Pensionskasse der Holcim (Switzerland) is the occupational pension fund for employees of Holcim (Schweiz) AG, the Swiss arm of the global building-materials giant Holcim Group. Its board is chaired by Mark Trösch, with Jürg Althaus serving as CEO of PEKAM AG and as a member of the fund's executive board. The fund is structured as a hybrid defined-benefit and defined-contribution plan, the dominant pension architecture in Switzerland, and operates under the country's strict BVG/LPP regulatory framework. The fund allocates across at least four distinct asset classes: direct Swiss residential and mixed-use real estate, global infrastructure, private debt, and timberland. Real estate holdings include exposure through the Anlagestiftung Adimora portfolio, concentrated in Zurich, Basel, Geneva, Lausanne, Bern and which spans mixed-use properties across Europe. The infrastructure and timberland sleeves are global in scope, giving the fund exposure to long-duration, inflation-linked cash flows that match its liability profile. Team size and total assets are not publicly disclosed. The fund is a member of three Swiss industry bodies: ASIP, the national pension fund association; KGAST, the conference for investment foundation managers; and the Ethos Engagement Pool, a collaborative platform for shareholder engagement on ESG issues. What distinguishes this fund from a generic Swiss Pensionskasse is its direct link to a single corporate sponsor, Holcim Switzerland, and its use of both dedicated residential and mixed-use real estate mandates alongside global infrastructure and natural-resource sleeves.