Sponsored Foreign Shares: global investment opportunities (by Six Swiss Exchange)

 SIX Swiss Exchange is the home market for global corporations such as ABB, Credit Suisse, Nestlé, Novartis, Roche and UBS. They are also part of indices such as the SMI® that attract a lot of interest worldwide.
However investors are able to trade more than just Swiss stocks on the Swiss exchange. In the Sponsored Foreign Shares segment, they have a choice that extends to over 500 shares from 26 countries! With over 150 securities each, the USA and Germany are the most represented markets in the segment.
The remaining 200+ shares are issued from 24 countries across Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and South America. The list of securities admitted to trading includes some of the most highly capitalized companies in the world, such as Alphabet (previously Google), Apple and Exxon Mobil, along with some of the most high profile IPOs of recent years including Facebook, Alibaba and Ferrari.
Besides having many options for a broad diversification of countries and sectors, investors located in Switzerland can trade their preferred foreign Blue Chips during Swiss trading hours, even outside of the home market opening times. For every security two market makers (sponsors), ICF BANK AG Wertpapierhandelsbank and Renell Wertpapierhandelsbank AG, continuously provide binding buy and sell prices.
As all shares are traded in Swiss francs, investors based in Switzerland can avoid costly conversion fees. Cost efficiency is further improved as a benefit of the competitive transaction fees offered by retail banks or brokers if investors send their orders to the Swiss exchange.
After the successful launch of the segment in 2014, SIX Swiss Exchange has just recently increased its attractiveness with additional trading currencies. As of August 2016, investors can trade 70  US-stocks in their home currency  US Dollar. In addition all Dax Index substitutes are also tradeable in EUR. This offers investors even more flexibility in making investment decisions.
As a regulated stock exchange, SIX Swiss Exchange provides a secure and reliable trading environment to investors and ensures equal treatment of all market players. The continuous monitoring of trading ensures liquidity as well as transparent and fair prices.

André Buck
Head Sales SIX Swiss Exchange

André Buck took over responsibility of SIX Swiss Exchange as Head Sales in September 2014. He joined the Exchange in August 2009 as Head Sales & Marketing of SIX Structured Products Exchange. After 14 years in various trading departments at UBS Zürich and London, André Buck was at the forefront when the structured product market began to emerge. He joined ZKB in 2000 where he became joint-responsible for setting up the structured product desk. Whilst working for ZKB he was actively involved in the steering committee which brought about the establishment of the SSPA (Swiss Structured Products Association). Prior to joining SIX Structured Products Exchange, André Buck held the position as Head Sales at Bank Vontobel in Zürich.