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Get the Best Valuation from Investors who are Looking for Liquidity and Transparency

Investors managing nearly CHF 100 trillion in public capital demand the highest standards of liquidity and transparency for their investments. Unlike venture capitalists and private equity firms, these investors do not have insider knowledge about your company. Therefore, they want to be able to sell their positions quickly at market price and be promptly informed about price-sensitive events. If your company has lower liquidity or transparency, these investors may significantly undervalue it or even exclude it from their investment portfolios altogether.

With a listing, you can raise capital from liquidity- and transparency-oriented investors under optimal conditions, with the following benefits for your company:

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Deepest Liquidity

Listing venues are deeply integrated into the global capital markets, connected to banks and investors around the world. A listing enables anyone to invest in your company because there are no investor-protection laws that forbid them from doing so. A listing also enables institutions such as pension funds to allocate your company’s share to their equities quota (instead of their lower alternative-asset quota).

Regulated Transparency

A listing means that your company becomes subject to important reporting requirements and regulatory oversight. Besides annually audited financial statements, ad hoc publicity rules ensure that investors are immediately informed of any information that materially impacts the share price.

A listing further strengthens the credibility of your company. It shows commitment to regulatory oversight, corporate governance and transparency, and ultimately strengthens credibility and trust in you as an employer, business partner, and investment.

What is more, a listing also increases your brand awareness. By being listed on SIX Swiss Exchange, you increase your visibility across the market. Our listed companies benefit from broad media and research coverage, meaning clients, employees, and investors have greater insight into your company and can therefore take educated decisions on any investments they make in your organization.

Experienced private investors such as VCs are any scale-up’s first choice to raise capital. But as a founder I need to make sure that our company can optimally raise capital from any investor. Many investors care a lot about liquidity and transparency. This is why it is important that we have the IPO option available to us – an IPO maximizes liquidity and ensures transparency

Basil Weibel, Founder, Wingtra

Innovation that Maximizes your Liquidity

SIX Swiss Exchange is one of Europe’s leading exchanges and your ideal partner for accessing public markets. We have an impressive track record of empowering world-leading corporations.

Since 1850, SIX Swiss Exchange has been rethinking how public markets work. A byword for stability, we have never stood still. Most notably, in 1996 we built the world’s first fully automated trading, clearing and settlement system for equity capital.

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Having unimpeded access to capital is crucial for Swiss start-ups to grow and be successful on the global stage. Being a public company unlocks a valuable, additional funding channel.

Stefan Steiner, Co-Managing Director, Venturelab

Questions & Answers

What it takes to go public

You won’t be surprised to hear that a listing is not for free. “Nothing of value is free” after all. But going public is not as insurmountably complicated, expensive, and time-consuming as you may think.

Are you worried that a listing will take too much time for your SME’s key people? Don’t be. You can always mandate an expert to manage your listing project from start to finish.

Have you heard that a listing can take anywhere from three to four months to a year or more? You heard right. Some companies are readier than others. But don’t let this hold you back. You can make small adjustments starting from today that will substantially reduce complexity and duration when you later launch your IPO project.

Are you unsure about where to start? Don’t be, we have you covered. We recommend you contact our experts to discuss the next steps. Through a quick call, we can guide you through the requirements and the plan for listing your SME, and help you transition and adjust to life as a listed company.

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What it means to be public

To reap the advantages of being a listed company – from faster capital raising, to a stronger profile, and more resilience – some further work is required from your SME after its successful listing. Some of this is legally required, while other tasks are highly recommended to get the most out of being a public company. But like the listing itself, they are not as insurmountably complicated, expensive, and time-consuming as you may think.

Most notably, your listed SME will have to make some adjustments in terms of what and how it communicates with the market. Besides regular reporting obligations, your SME needs to inform the market when certain events occur. Additionally, your SME may also need to spend some time explaining the rationale of its strategy to investors.

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Our Primary Markets Team will be happy to advise you on all topics related to a listing on the Swiss stock exchange.

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