Dr. Ulrich Niederer

Chairman of the Board and Head of Investment Committee
Zurich, Switzerland

Chairman of the Board and Senior Partner at ARTICO Partners in Zurich (specialized in quantitative and fundamental stock selection)
2001 until retirement in 2009 Chairman of UBS Global Asset Management Switzerland with focus on alternative investments, mainly hedge funds, private equity, real estate and infrastructure
1994 – 2006 Chairman of the Investment Committee of the Pension Fund of UBS AG
Member of the UBS Wealth Management & Business Banking Alternative Investment Committee and the Private Equity Committee of UBS Global Asset Management for several years
1996 Initiator and developer of the UBS Equity Fund Eco Performance
1994 Chief Investment Officer Switzerland and Co-Head Institutional Asset Management UBS Switzerland (formerly Swiss Bank Corporation)
1990 Co-Head Quantitative Investment Research at UBS Switzerland (formerly Swiss Bank Corporation)
1999 – 2008 Member of the Advisory Body on Climate Change for the Swiss Government (OcCC)
In the course of his career, Ulrich Niederer has also acquired extensive knowledge of quantitative methods in portfolio management, including indexation, option pricing, portfolio insurance and international asset allocation