Lucerne pension fund
| Lucerne Pension Fund (LUPK) | |
|---|---|
| legal form | public institution |
| founding | 2000 (merger) |
| Seat | Lucerne , Switzerland |
| management | Reto Tarreghetta ( Managing Director ) Roland Haas (Chairman of the Board) |
| sales | 8.13 billion assets under management CHF (end of June 2020) |
| Branch | Pension funds |
| Website | www.lupk.ch |
The Lucerne Pension Fund (LUPK) , based in Lucerne, is an independent Swiss pension fund . It insures the staff of the canton, municipalities, institutions that perform public tasks, as well as the employees of its affiliated employers within the framework of the 2nd pillar .
history
The Lucerne Pension Fund emerged in 2000 from the merger of the Cantonal Pension Fund of Lucerne and the Teachers' Pension Fund of the Canton of Lucerne and is a public law institution with its own legal personality . At the end of June 2020, her 69 employers with a total of 24,400 actively insured persons and 8,180 pensioners were affiliated. The investments amounted to 8.13 billion Swiss francs.
Legal bases
The legal basis is formed by the Federal Act on Occupational Old-Age, Survivors 'and Disability Pension Plans (BVG) , the Federal Act on Freedom of Movement in Occupational Old-Age, Survivors' and Disability Pension Plans (Freedom of Movement Act, FZG) , the associated ordinances and the regulations of the Lucerne Pension Fund .
organization
The top management body of the Lucerne Pension Fund is the twelve-member board. This consists of six employer and six employee representatives and is elected by the government council of the canton of Lucerne or the assembly of insured persons for a term of office of four years. The day-to-day operations are managed by the management. This consists of the managing director and the heads of insurance, finance, securities investments and real estate. The organization employs 35 people.
sustainability
At the beginning of 2019, the Lucerne Pension Fund was the first pension fund in Switzerland to be certified by the independent consulting and research company CSSP / yourSRI for a comparatively low CO 2 intensity of its securities investments. In June 2020, LUPK received confirmation that its systems have an ESG rating 15% better than the standard market benchmarks.