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Swiss Life Group

PRI reporting framework 2020

Asset class implementation gateway indicators [OO 10 - 12] Peering questions [OO LE 01 - HF 01]

Investment policy [SG 01 - 04] Objectives and strategies [SG 05 - 06] Governance and human resources [SG 07 - 08] Promoting responsible investment [SG 09 - 11] Outsourcing to fiduciary managers and investment consultants [SG 12] ESG issues in asset allocation [SG 13 - 15] Asset class implementation not reported in other modules [SG 16 - 17] Innovation [SG 18] Communication [SG 19]

Direct - Listed Equity Incorporation

ESG incorporation in passively managed listed equities [LEI 11] Outputs and outcomes [LEI 12 - 13]

Direct - Listed Equity Active Ownership

Overview [LEA 01] Engagement [LEA 02 - 08] Outputs and outcomes [LEA 09 - 11] (Proxy) voting and shareholder resolutions [LEA 12 - 21]

Direct - Fixed Income

ESG incorporation in actively managed fixed income [FI 01 - 12] Implementation processes [FI 01 - 03] (A) Implementation: Screening [FI 04 - 06] (C) Implementation: Integration [FI 10 - 12] Outputs and outcomes [FI 17 - 18]

Direct - Property

Overview [PR 01] Pre-investment (selection) [PR 04 - 06] Selection, appointment and monitoring third-party property managers [PR 07] Post-investment (monitoring and active ownership) [PR 08 - 14] Overview [PR 08] Property monitoring and management [PR 09 - 10] Property developments and major renovations [PR 11] Occupier engagement [PR 12 - 13] Outputs and outcomes [PR 15 - 16]

Direct - Infrastructure

Overview [INF 01 - 02] Pre-Investment (Selection) [INF 05 - 09] Selection, appointment and monitoring of third-party infrastructure operators [INF 10] Post-investment (monitoring and active ownership) [INF 11 - 16] Overview [INF 11] Infrastructure Monitoring and Operations [INF 12 - 14] Infrastructure Maintenance [INF 15] Stakeholder engagement [INF 16] Outputs and outcomes [INF 17 - 18]

Confidence building measures

Confidence building measures [CM1 01 - 07]

Export Public Responses

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Basic information

OO 01. Signatory category and services

01.1. Select the type that best describes your organisation or the services you provide.

Non-corporate pension or superannuation or retirement or provident fund or plan

Corporate pension or superannuation or retirement or provident fund or plan

Insurance company

Foundation

Endowment

Development finance institution

Reserve - sovereign or government controlled fund

Family office

Other, specify

01.3. Additional information. [Optional]

Swiss Life Group and with it its wholly-owned subsidiary, Swiss Life AG, is a leading provider of life and pensions and financial solutions in Europe. For over 160 years we have been helping private and corporate clients prepare their financial future. This is the origin of our mandate at Swiss Life: we enable people to lead a self-determined life.

Swiss Life AG provides individual pension and financial advice to help companies and private persons identify financial risks at an early stage and take corresponding measures. Thanks to long-term, sustainable investing, Swiss Life is able to enter into obligations and to make and keep guarantee promises over several decades. This allows us to help people in all walks of life look to the future with financial confidence.

Swiss Life Asset Managers, the asset management division of Swiss Life Group, has been mandated to manage the insurance assets of Swiss Life AG and its subisidiaries. Therefore, Swiss Life Asset Managers approach to responsible investment is encompassing all insurance assets of Swiss Life AG.

OO 02. Headquarters and operational countries

02.1. Select the location of your organisation’s headquarters.

Switzerland

02.2. Indicate the number of countries in which you have offices (including your headquarters).

2-5

6-10

>10

02.3. Indicate the approximate number of staff in your organisation in full-time equivalents (FTE).

9300 FTE

02.4. Additional information. [Optional]

As at the end of 2019, Swiss Life AG operates with its subsidiaries in Switzerland, Germany and France and, including Swiss Life Asset Managers, employs a workforce of around 9300.

OO 03. Subsidiaries that are separate PRI signatories

03.1. Indicate whether you have subsidiaries within your organisation that are also PRI signatories in their own right.

Yes

03.2. List your subsidiaries that are separate PRI signatories and indicate if you would like to report their RI activities in your organisation’s consolidated report.

Name of PRI signatory subsidiary (Up to six subsidiaries may be reported)	RI implementation reported here on a consolidated basis
Swiss Life Asset Managers	Yes No
	Yes No
	Yes No
	Yes No
	Yes No
	Yes No

03.3. Additional information. [Optional]

Swiss Life as Asset Owner and Swiss Life Asset Managers as Asset Manager are both fully committed to the PRI. The reporting and subscription to PRI of these two parents encompasses all sub-entities as e.g. Mayfair Capital, Swiss Life Asset Managers France or Fontavis. Therefore, these entities have no more PRI reporting on their own.

OO 04. Reporting year and AUM

04.1. Indicate the year end date for your reporting year.

31/12/2019

04.2. Indicate your total AUM at the end of your reporting year.

Include the AUM of subsidiaries, but exclude advisory/execution only assets, and exclude the assets of your PRI signatory subsidiaries that you have chosen not to report on in OO 03.2

Total AUM
Total AUM	trillions	billions	millions	thousands	hundreds
Currency
Assets in USD
Assets in USD	trillions	billions	millions	thousands	hundreds

Not applicable as we are in the fund-raising process

04.5. Additional information. [Optional]

OO 06. How would you like to disclose your asset class mix

06.1. Select how you would like to disclose your asset class mix.

as percentage breakdown

	Internally managed (%)	Externally managed (%)
Listed equity	<10% 8.8	0 0
Fixed income	>50% 55.8	<10% 1.3
Private equity	0 0	0 0.0
Property	10-50% 20.7	0 0
Infrastructure	<10% 1.2	0 0
Commodities	0 0	0 0
Hedge funds	0 0	0 0
Fund of hedge funds	0 0	0 0
Forestry	0 0	0 0
Farmland	0 0	0 0
Inclusive finance	0 0	0 0
Cash	<10% 1.7	0 0
Money market instruments	0 0	0 0
Other (1), specify	<10% 5.9	0 0
Other (2), specify	<10% 4.6	0 0

`Other (1)` specified

          Mortgages

`Other (2)` specified

          Loans

as broad ranges

06.2. Publish asset class mix as per attached image [Optional].

06.3. Indicate whether your organisation has any off-balance sheet assets [Optional].

Yes

06.5. Indicate whether your organisation uses fiduciary managers.

Yes, we use a fiduciary manager and our response to OO 5.1 is reflective of their management of our assets.

No, we do not use fiduciary managers.

06.6. Provide contextual information on your AUM asset class split. [Optional]

OO 07. Fixed income AUM breakdown (Private)

OO 08. Segregated mandates or pooled funds

New selection options have been added to this indicator. Please review your prefilled responses carefully.

Provide a breakdown of your organisation’s externally managed assets between segregated mandates and pooled funds or investments.

Asset class breakdown	Segregated mandate(s)	Pooled fund(s) or pooled investment(s)	Total of the asset class (each row adds up to 100%)
[b] Fixed income - SSA	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %	100%
[d] Fixed income – Corporate (non-financial)	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %	100%

08.2. Additional information. [Optional]

OO 09. Breakdown of AUM by market

09.1. Indicate the breakdown of your organisation’s AUM by market.

84.2 Developed Markets

2.2 Emerging Markets

0.6 Frontier Markets

13.0 Other Markets

Total 100% 100%

09.2. Additional information. [Optional]

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