Energy transition –
a driver for commodity investments

The energy transition is gathering pace. The massive structural shift from fossil fuels to metals offers excellent opportunities for investors. For more than 20 years, we have helped institutional investors outperform established benchmarks through systematic commodity investing. Benefit from our expertise now, while the momentum is favourable.

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360° Commodity Expertise


Why
commodities?

Structural
growth
Essential for the energy transition, long-term opportunities in commodities such as lithium and copper.
Inflation
protection
Effective inflation protection as commodities form the basis of the value chain.
Diversification
Low correlation to traditional asset classes (equities, bonds) improves risk/return profile.
Return potential
High long-term returns, especially in the late expansion phase of the economic cycle.

Why choose
Picard Angst?

20 years of success
Long-term experience in systematic commodity investing with CHF 2.5 billion in assets under management.
Agility
We exploit market cycles, structural trends and short-term opportunities with dynamic strategies.
ESG Competence
Center
Our ESG experts optimise the sustainability of commodity investments in line with your CR strategy.

Why
customised?

Mandates
With a mandate, institutional investors benefit from solutions that are optimally tailored to their portfolio.
AMCs
With AMCs, innovative strategies such as hydrogen baskets or transition metals can be implemented quickly.
Structured
Products
With structured products, we offer tailor-made solutions for market opportunities that can be implemented quickly and easily.

«Our commodity strategies have delivered solid outperformance against established benchmarks for almost 20 years.»

Dr. David-Michael Lincke, Head of Asset & Portfolio Management

Metals

Electrification leads to supply deficits


Electrification as part of the energy transition requires enormous additional quantities of metals. Especially for electricity generation with wind and solar power plants, electricity distribution grids and consumers in buildings (heat pumps), industry and electric vehicles and batteries.

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Energy

Strong demand, declining production


Despite the energy transition and decarbonization efforts reducing demand in industrialized nations, global energy demand is set to keep rising in the near term due to the economic growth of emerging markets. The shift in investment towards renewables raises concerns about potential shortages in fossil fuels.

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Agricultural commodities

Demand for biofuels doubles


To meet climate change targets, demand for biofuels will more than double by 2030. The plant-based fuels are mainly produced from sugar, maize and cereals and are blended with diesel, petrol and, in the future, paraffin. 2024 INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY CC BY 4.0

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Commodities investment ideas

Our commodity strategies are among the preferred solutions of professional investors in Switzerland. Discover a few of our investment ideas.


Picard Angst All Commodity Tracker Plus

A broadly diversified and systematic commodities investment strategy in a Swiss fund vehicle with a transparent structure. Its favourable risk/return profile makes it an attractive alternative to the relevant commodity benchmarks.

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Further asset classes in the download centre or from your contact person. Official publications can be found at www.swissfunddata.ch.

Picard Angst Key Transition Metals AMC

The Picard Angst ESG+ Equity Key Transition Metals Note pursues a strategy that minimises investment and ESG risks compared to other products in the sector. It offers investors diversification through indirect exposure to metals prices, which are typically weakly correlated with the broader equity market. Over the past 5 years, this strategy has delivered significantly higher risk-adjusted returns than relevant benchmarks.

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Picard Angst Hydrogen Revolution Basket AMC

The portfolio consists of approximately 20 companies involved in different segments of the hydrogen economy, providing broad diversification. Active management allows for flexible adjustments to market shifts and growth opportunities. This strategy plays a key role in reducing CO2 emissions and advancing renewable energy development.

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Your contacts


Daniel Gerber

Head of Market Switzerland & Chief Sustainability Officer

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Dr. David-Michael Lincke

Head of Asset & Portfolio Management

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Agnes Rivas

Senior Client Advisor Sustainability

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