The Swiss Federal Pension Fund PUBLICA is an independent pension institution established under public law. It is organized as a collective institution currently comprising 19 pension plans. PUBLICA advises some 66,000 active members and 42,000 pension recipients from the Federal Administration, the ETH Domain and other decentralized administrative units as well as around 70 other organizations that are closely associated with the Confederation or fulfil a public task on behalf of the Confederation, a canton or a commune. With total assets currently exceeding US$ 48 billion it is the largest pension funds in Switzerland.