Overview
Switzerland's largest pension fund, serving 146,000+ insured persons primarily from healthcare, education, administration, and Canton of Zurich government employees, established as a foundation under private law.
BVK Personalvorsorge des Kantons Zürich's pension assets support retirement benefit obligations for plan participants.1
Investment program
- Estimated AUM
- $52.7B as of Jun 30, 20262
- Capital pool
- Public pension fund1
- Investment model
- BVK states that its core investments are generally implemented close to index or passively, within a long-term, broadly diversified portfolio with automated rule-based rebalancing.3
- Investment approach
- It focuses on leading the global investment industry to continuous improvement through case studies of best practice in governance and decision making, portfolio construction and efficient portfolio management, fees and costs, and sustainable investing.4
- Spending support
- Not listed yet
- Spending policy
- Not listed yet
- Asset allocation
- Public evidence references these asset classes or allocation areas: private equity, real estate, infrastructure, public markets, fixed income.2
- Performance
- Not listed yet
- Governance
- It focuses on leading the global investment industry to continuous improvement through case studies of best practice in governance and decision making, portfolio construction and efficient portfolio management, fees and costs, and sustainable investing.4
- Investment team
- mrec4 Country Canada AUM $572 Performance (%, 1YR) 7.8 Chief Executive John Graham Chief Investment Officer Edwin D.4
- Unfunded commitments
- Not listed yet
- Source freshness
- Last verified Jul 21, 2026 · Needs review
Sources
Last verified Jul 21, 2026 from public career and organization materials.
Fact notes
- Website (bvk.ch)Pool purpose, Capital pool · checked Jul 25, 2026
- Website (bvk.ch)Estimated AUM, Asset allocation · checked Jul 25, 2026
- Website (bvk.ch)Investment model · checked Aug 6, 2026
- Website (top1000funds.com)Investment approach, Governance, Investment team · checked Jul 25, 2026
- Website (top1000funds.com)Investment office page · checked Jul 25, 2026
Profile and job sources
- Website (bvk.ch)Website · checked Jul 25, 2026
- Website (bvk.ch)Website · checked Jul 25, 2026
- Website (bvk.ch)Website · checked Jul 25, 2026
- Website (top1000funds.com)Website · checked Jul 25, 2026
- Website (bvk.ch)Website · checked Aug 6, 2026
- Website (top1000funds.com)Website · checked Jul 25, 2026
- Primary job/profile sourceJob posting · checked Jul 21, 2026