Meet Gregor

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Gregor Kapferer CFA®

Portfolio Manager

Zurich

Vontobel Asset Management AG

Genferstrasse 27

CH-8022 Zurich

Switzerland

Gregor Kapferer joined Vontobel in November 2023. As a Portfolio Manager on the Global & Swiss Bonds team within Fixed Income, he focuses on investment funds and mandates for bonds denominated in Swiss francs (CHF).

Prior to joining Vontobel, he was a fixed-income portfolio manager at Swiss Life Asset Managers from 2017. In this role, he managed CHF-denominated, global, and absolute-return bond strategies, and was responsible for the high-grade bond portfolio within the firm’s insurance business. From 2014, he was a fixed-income portfolio manager at the Swiss pension fund CPV/CAP Coop, overseeing CHF-denominated and global bond portfolios. His earlier career included various roles at Bayern LB in New York, where he began in 2005, ultimately serving as Head of Trading, responsible for all fixed-income and foreign-exchange transactions.

Gregor holds a degree in Business Administration from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität in Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. He is also a CFA® charterholder and received a CFA® certificate in ESG investing.