responsAbility Investments AG is one of the world’s leading asset managers specializing in development investments. The company serves private and institutional investors with professionally managed investment solutions.

Their funds provide debt and equity financing to non-listed companies in developing and emerging countries. Through their business activities, these companies contribute to the provision of basic services to broad sections of the population and foster economic development, thereby driving long-term prosperity.

Vision, Mission, Principles

Their vision, mission and principles give external stakeholders an insight into their identity and values. They also serve as a compass for responsAbility employees – showing them the direction they must take to achieve future success. 

Vision: Their long-term goal

They want to become the world’s leading independent asset manager specializing in development-related sectors of emerging economies. In this way, responsAbility will help to create a world in which capital is used with maximum efficiency to promote shared prosperity and progress.

Mission: How they intend to realize their vision

They believe that solid investment returns drive sound economic growth and sustained social progress – and vice versa.

To realize their vision, they bring together investors and companies seeking capital. By providing debt and equity financing to non-listed companies with business models that target the lower-income segment of the population, they are able to drive economic growth and social progress. Serving both institutional and private investors, responsAbility offers professionally-managed investment solutions.

Guiding Principles: The Values that guide them in their work

Their guiding principles govern the way they act and form the basis for the sustained growth of responsAbility. Their corporate culture is shaped by expertise, integrity, innovation and a spirit of partnership.

Investment Philosophy

• - They invest exclusively in opportunities geared toward sustainable returns for businesses and investors.
• - They bring together responsible investors and dedicated companies in developing and emerging countries.
• - They invest in development-related sectors in emerging economies.
• - They finance companies with growth potential that successfully serve small entrepreneurs and broad segments of the population.
• - They focus on companies whose business success helps to advance development and enables solid returns on investment.
• - They continue to advance their investment activities – the resulting increase in diversification is a key component of their investment philosophy.

Investment Sectors

• - Finance
• - Agriculture
• - Energy
• - Health
• - Education

Investment Universe

They are currently invested in 535 companies and 93 countries around the world.

Investment Solutions

As an asset manager with a long-term track record they offer a broad range of professionally managed investment solutions to both institutional and private investors.

They invest in private, non-listed companies. Their investment solutions cover various risk-return profiles: from classical investment funds with stable returns and low volatility (fixed income) to sophisticated investments with potentially higher capital growth (participations). They cater to the specific requirements of their clients, offering them different investment tranches and currencies as well as accumulating and distributing solutions.