Protecting the environment brings you higher potential returns

Swiss pensions will be smaller in the future since low interest rates translate into lower returns on pension assets. At the same time, life expectancy is rising, and the benefits pot has to be shared between an ever increasing number of recipients. These effects are mutually reinforcing and serve as a warning: If you want sufficient income once you retire, you should invest in a private third-pillar retirement savings plan.

To encourage environmental protection and improve the climate balance, we have created a portfolio committed to sustainable – responsible, ethical, social, and ecological – investments. These sustainability criteria supplement more conventional investment criteria such as performance, liquidity and security.

Studies show that this type of portfolio outperforms conventional monetary investments.

Choose from varuous investment strategies

Your portfolio is apportioned between savings capital (cash) and equities, in the ratio you yourself decide. It is up to you: the greater your capacity for risk and the longer your savings time horizon, the higher the equities share available to you. If you are more risk-averse, your preference should go to a higher share of savings capital. This assures you greater security – however, you must expect lower returns in today’s low-interest environment.

Your equities investments are carefully selected in a standardised investment process. The focus is on sustainability; several criteria are applied to ensure that your expectations in terms of security and return are met.

The validation process includes a negative screening with values- and ethics-based approaches, and a standards-based method involving at least three different criteria. If a prospective investment does not meet the criteria (negative screening), it is rejected. The same applies if the CO2 emissions cap is exceeded – accordingly, LibertyGreen has excluded entire economic sectors.  Conversely, the positive screening process identifies companies with positive ratings in terms of ESG performance. An A rating is the minimum threshold for LibertyGreen. Moreover, a company must have adequate market capitalisation to ensure that its securities are readily marketable.

This differentiated combination enables us to enhance your portfolio.

For Liberty, the security of your investment comes first. That is why we maintain your account and securities with Graubündner Kantonalbank. Graubündner Kantonalbank has been awarded the top AA credit-rating which places it among the best-rated banks in the world.