Vontobel Asset Management has forayed into Swiss private pension provision business by launching two actively managed retirement solutions under the Vontobel brand.

The company said that the newly launched Vontobel Fund (CH) – Pension Invest Yield and Vontobel Fund (CH) – Pension Invest Balanced funds are aimed at investors with a different risk/return profile who wish to grow and protect their wealth within the s cope of restricted pension assets.

The funds will invest globally in a balanced portfolio of equities, bonds and money market investments.

Vontobel Asset Management head of multi – asset class investments Alan Zlatar said: "Investors nowadays receive hardly an adequate compensation for the risks they take and many funds do not provide the m with any added value. The funds we manage under our Pension Invest strategy have a proven track record."