Gottfried Keller Foundation controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2008
Criticism over asset management and fulfillment of the founding mission
Questions were raised about the decline of the endowment, historical investment decisions, property disposals and the institution's ability to carry out Lydia Welti-Escher's intentions. The matter led to a parliamentary interpellation and a Federal Council response in 2009; the government's account was qualified rather than a finding of deliberate wrongdoing.