High-Profile ETF Issuer Joins Swiss Stock Exchange

Today, the Swiss Stock Exchange welcomes another high-profile issuer to its growing ETF segment: Credit Suisse Asset Management lists its first 5 ETFs. This takes the number of ETF providers to 25, and the number of ETFs to a record of 1’564, emphasizing the position of the Swiss Stock Exchange as one of Europe’s top three ETF venues.

Danielle Reischuk, Senior ETFs & ETPs Sales Manager at the Swiss Stock Exchange, welcomes Credit Suisse to the family of ETF providers: “With the new products, investors gain access to more than 100 sustainable ETFs on our platform and have additional opportunities to diversify their portfolios.” The strategic importance of ETFs is expected to further increase in the future as digital sales platforms gain greater significance and drive demand for liquid, exchange-tradable products. The Swiss Stock Exchange is ideally positioned to meet the changing needs of the market.

Four of the five new ETFs – branded Credit Suisse Index Fund (IE) – enable investors to gain exposure to broadly diversified ESG portfolios. The four ESG products are benchmarked to MSCI USA ESG Leaders and MSCI World ESG Leaders respectively. The underlying indices select the top 50 percent of companies by environmental, social and corporate governance performance in each sector of the parent index. The liquidity for the five ETFs is provided by Credit Suisse Europe, who newly joins the ETF segment as a market maker, and by Flow Traders.

“We have been replicating indices with high accuracy for a wide array of benchmarks since 1994. Thanks to our core index business with more than CHF 132 billion of assets we have the critical mass, technology, and expertise to provide ETFs that will supplement our existing offering of 94 index funds”, says Dr. Valerio Schmitz-Esser, Head of Credit Suisse Asset Management Index Solutions.

From Pioneer to Leading Marketplace
Since the Swiss Stock Exchange launched the ETF segment almost 20 years ago as one of the first in Europe, it has experienced remarkable growth. In 2019, ETF turnover exceeded the previous year’s figure by 24%, reaching a new all-time high of CHF 124.7 billion; the previous record stood at CHF 116.4 bn (2017). Sustainable ETFs achieved a market turnover of CHF 1.08 billion in 2019 – representing a growth of 18% over 2018. At 1,040,186, the number of trades exceeded one million for the third time in a row in 2019.

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ETFs offer you the numerous advantages of regulated exchange trading. We operate one of the world’s most stable exchanges and bring together buyers and sellers from around the world on one central platform. The extensive product range, offered by a unique mix of large and smaller providers from both Switzerland and abroad, covers a wide spectrum of investment needs.  

The latest information on market data, turnover and new listings can be found on our website. The Swiss Stock Exchange publishes the latest figures about the growth of its segment in the ETF Market Report.