Christoph Manser

As Head of Infrastructure International at Swiss Life Asset Managers, Mr. Manser is responsible for a team of over 30 investment professionals and assets under management of over €10 billion. Prior to joining Swiss Life Asset Managers in 2012, he was a member of the Global Executive Committee of AXA Investment Managers, where he ran the firm’s $6 billion hedge-fund business. Before that, he was Head of Alternative Investments at Winterthur Group and Credit Suisse Financial Services, where he was responsible for a $5 billion private-equity and hedge-fund portfolio. He started his career at UBS as a fixed-income portfolio manager.

Mr. Manser is a board member of German TSO Amprion and mobile tower owner and operator Cellnex Switzerland. He holds a master’s degree in physics from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ) and is a CFA charterholder.

Panelist on Panel 3: Financing the path towards Net Zero

Wednesday, January 17th
17:20 – 18:40    HG F 30 | Audi Max

Panelists: Felix Schneider (hy24partners), Constantin Von Wasserschleben (ikav), Martin Fehr (Swiss Re),  Lukas Gresnigt (Alpiq)
Chair: Christoph Manser (Swiss Life Asset Managers)

Panel Abstract

Making sustainable investments is high on the agenda of institutional investors and money managers. How are they financing the green transition and what are the limitations? How do they see their strategy to investing in net zero evolve in the coming years? Which businesses can be financed by institutional investors and which businesses/technologies will need government funding? The panel will address these questions to cast a view on the fine balance between risk management and profitability to finance the decarbonization of the economy.