He is responsible for implementing the real estate strategy of the largest privately held real estate portfolio in Switzerland

Renato Piffaretti

Head Real Estate Switzerland, Swiss Life, Zurich, Switzerland

Why you should listen

Renato Piffaretti has been Head Real Estate Switzerland at Swiss Life Asset Managers and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Livit AG since 2017. He is responsible for implementing the real estate strategy of the largest privately held real estate portfolio in Switzerland. The total value of direct real estate investments, real estate funds in Switzerland and Europe, and real estate investment groups amounted to around CHF 29 billion at the end of 2018.
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About Swiss Life Real Estate Management

Swiss Life Asset Managers is an ambitious and reliable European asset manager and leading real estate manager in Switzerland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the UK. For over 160 years, we have been demonstrating our expertise in this area as asset managers for Swiss Life’s insurance business and institutional clients.

Of the total CHF 249.7 billion in assets under management, CHF 67.2 billion is invested in real estate. Swiss Life Asset Managers also manages a total of CHF 28.8 billion in real estate through its subsidiaries Livit in Switzerland and Corpus Sireo in Germany. As of 30 June 2019, this resulted in total real estate under management worth over CHF 96 billion.

Biography

Renato Piffaretti has been Head Real Estate Switzerland at Swiss Life Asset Managers since 2017 and is a member of the General Management Board and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Livit AG. He is responsible for implementing the real estate strategy of the largest privately held real estate portfolio in Switzerland.

The total value of direct real estate investments, real estate funds in Switzerland and Europe, and real estate investment groups amounted to around CHF 30 billion at the end of 2018. Piffaretti previously headed the real estate division at Basler Versicherung. Prior to that, he spent 13 years with the real estate division of UBS Global Asset Management. Piffaretti holds a Master’s degree in Real Estate Management from IFZ in Zug and is a member of RICS.