For pension funds & Versorgungswerke

The promises are decades long. The drawdowns don't have to be.

Funding pensions without equity return is arithmetic that no longer works — and holding equity through −40% years is governance that rarely survives. The Guarded Equity exists for exactly this bind.

Equity quota, held — full participation via futures Guarded tail — annual + signal puts per index UCITS · daily NAV · EUR
I.What matters to you

i.The risk budget

Your equity allocation lives inside the AnlV risk-capital quota — scarce headroom set by regulation and by what a stress test may consume, not by return appetite. A structure with a put protection per index changes what the same quota costs in stress capacity: the tail is addressed in advance rather than assumed in a committee's nerve.

ii.Staying invested through the cycle

Recovery years do the compounding, and they follow the crisis years without an invitation. The Guard is built with the aim of making the worst stretches survivable — for the funding ratio and for the board — so the allocation can still be there when the recovery arrives.

iii.Accountability

A UCITS with daily NAV, documented systematic rules, an advisory board of academics and senior practitioners, and founders who answer due-diligence questions themselves. Everything about the structure is designed to be explained to a supervisory board in one sitting.

II.What we deliver
Quota monitoringOn request, look-through data for AnlV quota monitoring can be made available — down to position level, aligned with your consultants’ formats.
Stress testingData packs supporting BaFin stress tests and scenario work are possible on request.
IORP IIDocumentation of mechanism, limits and governance can be provided for your risk-management function and own-risk assessment (EbAV II).
Corporate plansFor Pensionsfonds and CTAs, IFRS-aligned data can be prepared on request so IAS 19 plan-asset effects and funding-level dashboards can be modelled — a guarded sleeve beside the LDI book.
EligibilityLuxembourg UCITS (Part I), registered for distribution in Luxembourg, Germany and Austria — the fund category your investment guidelines already know.
DialogueFounder-led sessions with your investment committee and consultants are available on request — including access to the model documentation if desired.
Founding-investor window — subscriptions until 25 September 2026Class P · LU3255406137 · early investors keep partner-class terms.
Fund details

Cycles are terrain. We cross them prepared — and in your reporting formats.

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Photograph: London skyline by "It's No Game", CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Marketing communication for professional investors. No offer or investment, regulatory or tax advice; the treatment of an investment under your applicable investment regulation (e.g. AnlV, VAG or scheme-specific guidelines) must be assessed by the investor — QI provides transparency and data for that assessment. Subscriptions only on the basis of the prospectus, PRIIPs KID and latest report of 1st IQ SICAV — QI Global Guarded Equity. The Guard mechanism reduces risk but is no guarantee against losses; capital loss is possible.

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