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The Demise of Staggered Ad Hoc Disclosure: The “More Likely Than Not”-Test and Issuer Discretion in Evolving Factual Situations
By/Frank Gerhard
/Mariella Orelli
/Micha Fankhauser
Richard G. Allemann
On 28 February 2025, the arbitral tribunal of the Court of Arbitration of SIX Group Ltd. issued the final award in X. AG v. SIX Exchange Regulation AG (SER). The case revolved around the timeliness of an ad hoc announcement issued in connection with a complex internal investigation into X. AG‘s financial reporting practices. The…
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AGM Season 2025: A Short Review
By/Annette Weber
Thomas U. Reutter
The article reviews the 2025 AGM season of Swiss companies listed on SIX Swiss Exchange focusing on three main topics: (i) virtual annual general meetings, (ii) non-financial reporting, and (iii) compensation. While companies conducting virtual annual general meetings are still in a clear minority, an increasing number are opting for virtual shareholder meetings. The article…
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Kapitalmarktrecht im Fokus 2025 – Conference Report / 20 August 2025, SIX ConventionPoint, Zurich
By/Sandro Fehlmann
/Benjamin Leisinger
Nina Reiser
The inaugural 2025 edition of Kapitalmarktrecht im Fokus, a conference co-hosted by the University of St. Gallen‘s Institute for Law and Economics and CapLaw, gathered practitioners, regulators and academics to discuss two issues that are hotly debated in Swiss capital-markets practice: (i) the disclosure duties of underwriters and syndicate banks and (ii) the handling of…
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Banque Pictet and SIX‘s Joint Pilot Project to Tokenize and Fractionalize Financial Assets
ByCapLaw
On 10 July 2025, SIX and Banque Pictet & Cie SA announced the successful conclusion of a joint pilot project, tokenising corporate debt instruments and allocating fractional quantities of these assets to portfolios managed by Pictet Asset Management SA. The pilot project focused on EUR- and CHF-denominated corporate bonds, held in custody at SIX SIS…
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Banco de Chile‘s Issuance of CHF 100 Million Senior Fixed-rate Social Notes
ByCapLaw
On 17 July 2025, Banco de Chile successfully closed the issuance of CHF 100 million senior fixed-rate social notes with a six-year maturity and a fixed annual coupon of 1.1875%. The bonds are listed on SIX Swiss Exchange. The net proceeds from the issue of the notes will be used by Banco de Chile to…
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CoinShares‘ Listing of Staked SEI ETP on SIX Swiss Exchange
ByCapLaw
On 28 July 2025, CoinShares listed its Physical Staked SEI exchange-traded product (ETP) on SIX Swiss Exchange, as a zero fee ETP offering regulated exposure to SEI‘s high-performance blockchain infrastructure. CoinShares is publicly listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and the OTCQX.