January 18, 2024
Welcome Veronika Müller

As Senior Legal Counsel at AMAS, Veronika Müller will be following innovations in the area of international regulation and global developments that are of interest to the asset management industry in Switzerland. She has over 15 years of experience as a lawyer and project manager in the financial market, most recently as Regulatory Affairs Manager at a major Swiss bank. Thanks to her education at the University of St. Gallen and her many years of varied industry experience, she is able to represent the needs of the Swiss asset management and fund industry at the international interfaces.

December 14, 2023
EFAMA Asset Management Report: Switzerland moves to 3rd place in Europe

Switzerland is now ranked 3rd in Europe as a location for asset management. This is according to the "Asset Management Report 2023" published by the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA), the umbrella organisation of European asset management associations.
According to the report, the Swiss asset management industry managed assets totalling 2,852 billion euros at the end of 2022. This means that Switzerland's share of the overall asset management market rose from 9.9% in 2021 to 10.3%. The UK remains the market leader with a market share of 35.7%, followed by France with 16.5%. Germany is now behind Switzerland with a market share of 9.9%.

September 21, 2023
Iwan Deplazes and Charlotte Baenninger confirmed as AMAS President and Vice-President respectively

At the AMAS Board of Directors meeting on 21 September 2023, Iwan Deplazes and Charlotte Baenninger were confirmed as President and Vice-President for a further three years. The Board of Directors had already constituted itself at the meeting of 2 June 2023 prior to the ordinary General Assembly. Mirjam Staub-Bisang, Christel Rendu de Lint, August Benz, Alexandre Meyer and Filippo Rima had been confirmed as members. Sébastien Eisinger, Yves Schneller, Dagmar Kamber Borens and Stefan Mächler were newly elected to the Board.

September 21, 2023
Welcome, Michel Bossong!

Michel Bossong has joined AMAS as our new Senior Pensions Expert. He has more than 20 years’ experience in asset management for pension funds, his most recent position being regional head of institutional clients at a Swiss private bank. Having served on several pension foundations’ boards of trustees, he knows the priorities and challenges in this field. Michel has a degree in economics from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland and is currently training to become a federally certified occupational pension actuary.

June 28, 2023
SSF publishes Swiss Sustainable Investment Market Study 2023

Sustainability-related investments have faced a challenging environment over the past year. The negative market performance of 2022 hit sustainable investors just as much as their mainstream peers. Furthermore, many banks and asset managers chose to take a more conservative approach in reporting their sustainable offerings in order to manage greenwashing risks and rising regulatory complexity attributable to the absence of commonly agreed definitions. As a result of these and other factors, volumes saw a decline in 2022.

June 26, 2023
Swiss Financial Centre actors unite to help develop Net Zero Data Public Utility

On 26 June 2023 at the Point Zero Forum, the Swiss State Secretariat for International Finance (SIF) and four influential associations representing Swiss financial institutions announced the first national-level initiative bringing together public and private institutions to contribute to the development of the Net-Zero Data Public Utility (NZDPU). As part of this agreement, leading Swiss financial institutions will test the platform – an important step towards the launch of a centralized repository to provide free access to verifiable, foundational climate-transition-related data. This marks the first public-private initiative to test emergent climate data platform on a national scale.

Iwan Deplazes, Chairman of the Asset Management Association Switzerland commented: “NZDPU is the logical and necessary consequence of the Swiss climate strategy to stop emitting greenhouse gases after 2050 and to become a Net-Zero society. The Asset Management Association Switzerland is convinced that NZDPU is the right tool to document the Net Zero transition by creating transparency and providing accessible as well as reliable data on the progress of CO2 emission reductions. The asset management industry has an important role to play in the Net Zero transition and is well aware of its responsibilities. We therefore encourage our members to test the new platform and to help spread its use.”

June 9, 2023
Welcome, Kátrin Schweren!

Kátrin Schweren has joined AMAS Public Affairs Manager. She has over 20 years’ experience in regulatory and public affairs, having worked at the European Parliament and the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) in Brussels and later represented the interests of Swisscom, Swissgrid, Swisscom Energy Solutions/tiko, and the Association of Swiss Cantonal Banks vis-à-vis regulators and politicians in Brussels and Switzerland. Kátrin has a PhD from the University of Fribourg.

April 17, 2023
We're hiring!

AMAS is looking for a Legal Counsel 80-100% (Financial Services). We look forward to receiving your application!

April 3, 2023
Swiss investment funds are safe even in bankruptcy cases

In the wake of the events surrounding Credit Suisse and continuing uncertainties in the international financial system about the possible scenarios and their consequences, the question also preoccupies us: How safe are investment funds in the event of the bankruptcy of a custodian bank or a fund management company?

March 17, 2023
Broadening of SFC Membership base

The Swiss Finance Council (SFC) and its founding members Credit Suisse and UBS are pleased to announce that the Association of Swiss Private Banks (ABPS), the Asset Management Association Switzerland (AMAS), the Swiss Bankers Association (SBA) and the Association of Swiss Asset and Wealth Management Banks (VAV) are joining the SFC. This will strengthen further the collaboration in representing the interests of internationally active Swiss banks and asset managers with EU stakeholders.