PKG pension fund for SMEs – new head of real estate and member of the executive board

Hans-Urs Baumann succeeds Gerold Moser. As of January 1, 2021, Hans-Urs Baumann will be the new Head of Real Estate and a member of the management of the PKG Pension Fund. He succeeds Gerold Moser, who was responsible for real estate matters at the PKG pension fund for 17 years.

Hans-Urs Baumann (55), who will take up his post on January 4, 2021, is a proven real estate specialist with a sound education: He is a university of applied sciences architecture and has a postgraduate degree in business administration and management as well as a master's in real estate management from the University of Applied Sciences in Zurich .

For four years, Hans-Urs Baumann worked as a canton master builder for the canton of Lucerne. His area of responsibility included, among other things, the management of the real estate department of the canton. He is currently a member of the management team of Fundamenta Group (Schweiz) AG, an independent Swiss real estate company in Zug. Hans-Urs Baumann, who lives with his family in Lucerne, will also become a member of PKG management when he takes office.

His predecessor, Gerold Moser (64), who will retire as Head of Real Estate and a member of the Executive Board at the beginning of 2021, has built up the PKG Pension Fund's real estate portfolio in the 17 years of his activity. It now has a volume of CHF 600 million. He attached great importance to sustainability. The “Schweighof” new building project in Kriens (jointly owned by the Lucerne Pension Fund), for example, will be the first development in Central Switzerland to be built and certified in accordance with the guidelines of the 2000 Watt Society. From the end of 2020, the entire Schweighof will also be powered by energy from lake water
heated.

«With Hans-Urs Baumann we were able to perfectly arrange the successor to Gerold Moser in all matters. The extensive specialist knowledge of Hans-Urs Baumann enables the continuation and further development of our real estate portfolio. I would like to thank Gerold Moser, who will train Hans-Urs Baumann for his commitment today. "

Peter Fries, CEO of the PKG Pension Fund

«The sustainable real estate strategy of the PKG pension fund convinces me because it also enables long-term and future-oriented further development. The PKG pension fund has an excellent reputation and is known for its far-sighted and prudent investment policy
known. I am happy to provide impetus. "

Hans-Urs Baumann, new Head of Real Estate at PKG Pension Fund:

The management of the PKG pension fund is composed as follows: Peter Fries, Chairman; Romy Portmann, Head of Pensions; Peter Duft, Head of Finance and Accounting, and now Hans-Urs Baumann, Head of Real Estate.

The PKG pension fund, based in Lucerne, is one of the leading autonomous community institutions for occupational pensions in Switzerland. It was established in 1972 as a pension fund for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Today, the PKG pension fund, with 1,677 affiliated companies, 35,423 insured persons, 5,044 pensioners and current assets of CHF 7.8 billion, is one of the largest private pension institutions in Switzerland. It employs 32 people. The wide-ranging real estate portfolio of the PKG pension fund comprises 30 units. The majority of these are residential properties in the cantons of Lucerne, Zurich, Nidwalden, Aargau, Schwyz and Thurgau. The PKG pension fund only invests in good locations. The apartments are of an attractive standard and are in the middle price segment.
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