Latest equities, bonds, and regulatory news from Switzerland, updated daily.
Swiss equities, bonds, funds and structured products trade on SIX Swiss Exchange, part of SIX, which also runs the country’s securities depository and clearing. Supervision sits with the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, FINMA, which began work on 1 January 2009 as an independent public law institution with eight divisions. FINMA supervises banks, insurers, financial institutions, collective investment schemes and their asset managers, and is financed by levies and fees on the firms it oversees rather than by the taxpayer. Monetary policy is the Swiss National Bank’s job: the SNB sets the SNB policy rate and steers short-term Swiss franc money market rates towards it, with price stability as the stated goal.
Trading is in Swiss francs. The equities segment covers blue chips, mid and small caps and rights, with more than 250 Swiss stocks admitted, among them Novartis, Roche and Nestle. Companies may hold a primary or secondary listing, and an issuer can open a second order book under its own security number to run a separate trading line. The exchange added the Auction Volume Discovery order type with release SMR11 on 15 May 2023, letting participants take auction liquidity without moving the uncross price. Sparks, the segment for smaller companies, runs an opening auction at 09:00 CET, continuous trading to 17:20 CET, then a closing auction and Trading at Last to 17:40 CET.
Sparks is a full listing, not a lighter regime, and its entry tests are explicit. A candidate needs a market capitalisation below CHF 500 million, a track record over 2 years, more than 50 investors, equity capital above CHF 12.0 million, a capital increase above CHF 8.0 million at the IPO unless equity capital already exceeds CHF 25.0 million, free float above 15 per cent of shares outstanding and free float market capitalisation above CHF 15 million. An issuer whose average market capitalisation passes CHF 1 bn over 12 months must move to the main market. On the main market, SIX says approval can follow within 20 business days of a complete filing. Depository receipts have been listable since 2007, under a revised framework in force from 25 July 2022. Infracore SA began trading on 9 July 2026 at CHF 54.00 a share, a market capitalisation of CHF 826 million.
The reference benchmark is the Swiss Market Index, the 20 largest and most liquid Swiss companies. The Swiss Performance Index covers almost every listed company, the SMIM tracks the 30 largest mid caps outside the SMI, and SPI Extra holds the SPI names the SMI does not.
Debt is the quieter and more international half of the market. Around 3,000 bonds from over 580 issuers are listed, in all major currencies, with issue sizes that average CHF 200-250 million. In 2025 the exchange recorded 558 bond listings, up 18 per cent on 2024, and a listed volume of CHF 124 billion, up 15 per cent. Swiss franc paper can enter the Swiss Bond Index, which requires at least CHF 100 million nominal per issue, a straight fixed-rate structure, at least one year to maturity and an SBI composite rating of BBB or better. SIX calculates more than 300 bond indices. GSN covers Swiss issuers in pharmaceuticals, food, banking and insurance, plus the life sciences cluster SIX puts at roughly a third of European free float in that sector.
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This overview is based on the official documents listed below, last checked 2026-09-03. Figures are as stated in those documents.
The Geneva biopharmaceutical company sold 437,869 ADSs under its ATM programme and said the proceeds extend its cash runway to the fourth quarter of 2027.
The St. Gallen sports technology group renewed its exclusive global rights to Euroleague Basketball official data and AV betting feeds, covering more than 650 games a year.
The Swiss online pharmacy group reported first-half external revenue of CHF 627.8 million and said it has increased all elements of its full-year 2026 guidance.
The Swiss plasma control and x-ray group reported a 5.6% rise in first-half net sales, a book-to-bill ratio of 1.48 and full-year sales guidance of CHF 540 to 570 million.
The Swiss anti-infectives specialist said BARDA released a further USD 30 million under an existing agreement after a prespecified enrollment milestone was met.
The Geneva cybersecurity and satellite group posted preliminary H1 2026 revenue up 115%, reported about $495 million in cash and reaffirmed full-year guidance.
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