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Opening a pension planning account

Here is the procedure to follow if you want to open a vested benefits or individual retirement savings account with one of the Pictet Foundations:
 
1. Determine your investor profile
In order to choose the portfolio that best suits your circumstances, you first have to determine:

  • your “risk appetite” or tolerance to fluctuations in the value of your assets
  • your “investment horizon”, the expected duration of your investment

2. Choose a portfolio or mix of portfolios
The Pictet Foundations allow you to choose how you wish to distribute your retirement capital between four different investment portfolios:

  • LPP/BVG-Short-Mid-Term Bonds
  • LPP/BVG-Bonds
  • LPP/BVG-25
  • LPP/BVG-40

Description of the portfolios

The chart below will allow you to determine which portfolio best suits your investor profile. You can also divide your assets between several portfolios.

3. Determining the amount to be invested
When your vested benefits come from a pension fund, you have the possibility of opening two vested benefits accounts, either with the same foundation or with two different foundations. You are free to choose how you wish to distribute your assets between the two accounts.

Depending on your financial resources, you are free to choose how much and how often you want to pay into your individual retirement savings account. However, the annual contribution must not exceed the maximum tax-deductible amounts. You can also transfer all or part of the retirement capital that you have accrued with another 3rd Pillar A institution.

4. Contact our Pension Planning team
Our philosophy is that every client is different and unique. Thus, in order to meet each client's specific needs we make every effort to thoroughly understand their personal and financial circumstances.

This is why our pensions experts work closely with you to choose the pensions solutions that best match your objectives.

To finalise the opening of a vested benefits or individual retirement savings account, please do not hesitate to contact our advisors.

To open a vested benefits account, please contact:
Pictet Vested Benefits Foundation (2nd Pillar)
Route des Acacias 60
CH-1211 Geneva 73
Tel. +41(0)58 323 29 20
Fax +41 (0)58 323 10 71

Please refer to the contact page

To open an individual retirement savings account, please contact:
Pictet Individual Pension Foundation (3rd Pillar A)
Route des Acacias 60
CH-1211 Geneva 73
Tel. +41(0)58 323 29 60
Fax +41 (0)58 323 10 71

Please refer to the contact page