Constantin Von Wasserschleben

In 2010 Mr. von Wasserschleben founded IKAV, an asset manager for real assets. He supervises the group and reviews new business developments. He is also part of the investment committee. Mr. von Wasserschleben has 18 years of industry experience and has made over 50 single transactions.

IKAV has a strong position in energy assets as such as solar, wind, concentrated solar power, geothermal, energy efficiency and conventional energy & power plants.
 Under Mr. von Wasserschleben´s supervision the group established offices in Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Portugal and the United States. The group currently manages more than $5bn assets globally with more than 350 employees. IKAV has its own regulated umbrella fund in Luxembourg (IKAV SICAV FIS SCA, supervised by the CSSF) and managed accounts. 

Prior to 2010, Mr. von Wasserschleben worked at Credit Suisse, London, developing strategic and tactical investment solutions for insurance companies and pension funds.  He began his career at KPMG, Cologne as special advisor to investors on complex financial instruments within the framework of local GAAP, IFRS and regulatory law.
 
Mr. von Wasserschleben holds a degree as Diplom-Kaufmann from the University of Bremen. 

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.