Some Meta Octav common types of institutional clients include:

• Confidentiality: Protecting client information is paramount, especially when dealing with sensitive financial or personal matters. 

• Endowment funds: Manage investments for educational institutions or charities. 

• Financial Institutions: Include Special Investment Vehicles & Private Fund Schemes.

• Hedge funds: Employ sophisticated investment strategies to generate high returns. 

• Insurance companies: Invest premiums collected from policyholders. 

• Mutual funds: Pool money from multiple investors to invest in a diversified portfolio. 

• Pension funds: Manage retirement savings for employees. 

Advantage of Swiss-based Institution:

• Confidentiality: Protecting client information is paramount, especially when dealing with sensitive financial or personal matters. 

• Diversified investor base: The Swiss investor market is highly sophisticated and diversified, encompassing private and international banks, independent asset managers, family offices, pension funds, and large corporations.

• Strong focus on alternative investments: Swiss institutional investors, particularly pension funds, have a significant appetite for alternative investments like private equity, venture capital, real assets, private credit, and infrastructure.

• Open regulatory framework: Switzerland's regulatory environment is relatively open, allowing access to its investor pool for all fund structures, including non-EU and offshore funds.

• Increasing ESG integration: There is a growing trend towards the integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria into investment decision-making, driven by both regulatory requirements and investor preferences. In fact, sustainable investment funds have overtaken conventional funds in Switzerland, with their volumes increasing to CHF 694.5 billion in 2020, representing 52% of the overall Swiss fund market.

• Focus on liquidity management and education: Given the increasing complexity of institutional portfolios, there's a strong emphasis on effective liquidity management, ongoing education for pension fund managers and investment committees, and the potential engagement of external specialists to complement in-house expertise.

• Preference for Swiss real estate: Swiss pension funds have a clear preference for Swiss real estate, especially in the residential sector, to substitute a portion of their fixed income allocation with cash flow-generating assets.