Rainer Hartmann

Rainer Hartmann is a Portfolio Manager in the asset management (Vermögensverwaltung) function of CPV/CAP Pensionskasse Coop, the occupational pension fund of Switzerland's Coop retail and wholesale group. He is based at the fund's headquarters in Basel. CPV/CAP was founded in 1909 and is one of the larger Swiss pension schemes, managing on the order of CHF 11.9 billion in assets and providing occupational retirement benefits to more than 50,000 active insured members and pensioners of Coop and affiliated companies.

His work sits within an institutional treasury/asset-management team responsible for portfolio construction across the fund's broad allocation. Reported portfolio weightings for the scheme include roughly 26% in Swiss and foreign bonds, about 25% in domestic real estate plus ~5% foreign real estate, ~2% infrastructure, and around 10% in alternatives, alongside a liquidity buffer — a profile typical of a large, liability-driven Swiss pension investor.

Hartmann's public professional footprint is tied to derivatives and risk-management practice: his CPV/CAP email appears as a contributor/registered participant on the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) platform, consistent with a role that touches hedging, overlays, and the use of derivatives within a large institutional portfolio. Beyond his firm affiliation and Basel location, detailed public biographical information (education, prior firms, tenure) is not disclosed in open sources.

• Invests as an institutional allocator / limited partner, not as a direct venture or seed investor — capital is deployed to meet long-dated pension liabilities with a diversified, risk-controlled multi-asset approach.
• Core exposures span Swiss and foreign fixed income, listed equities, Swiss and foreign real estate, infrastructure, and alternatives (including private equity/private markets).
• Emphasis on liability-driven, long-horizon investing typical of a CHF ~12bn Swiss Pensionskasse, with attention to cost discipline (the scheme has publicly restructured/liquidated mandates to reduce asset-management costs).
• Hartmann's ISDA association points to a focus on derivatives and risk management — currency/rate hedging and portfolio overlays within the broader allocation.
• Note: the "Seed Round" tag in the source stub does not match a pension fund of this type; there is no public evidence CPV/CAP or Hartmann makes direct seed-stage startup investments.