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On 7 November 2025, Fundamenta Real Estate AG completed a CHF 70 million rights offering. The offering resulted in the issuance of 4,119,748 new shares at CHF 17.00 each. The proceeds are intended to be used for investment in ongoing and new property projects, the strengthening of equity, and for general corporate purposes. The rights offering was backed by firm commitments in the amount of CHF 41.9 million. The rights offering was managed by UBS Investment Bank.

On 10 November 2025, (i) UBS Group AG completed its all-cash tender offers with respect to five series of bail-inable (TLAC) bonds that were originally issued by Credit Suisse Group AG, and (ii) UBS AG, acting through its Stamford branch, completed its all-cash tender offers with respect to two series of senior unsecured notes that were originally issued by Credit Suisse AG, acting through its New York branch. UBS Group AG accepted tenders with respect to four series of such bail-inable (TLAC) bonds in an aggregate principal amount of USD 5.55 billion, and UBS AG, acting through its Stamford branch,…

On 13 November 2025, Galderma Holding issued CHF bonds with a volume of CHF 175 million. The bonds have a coupon of 0.9425% and will be due in 2030. The bonds will be listed on SIX Swiss Exchange. The bond issuance was managed by BNP Paribas and UBS.

On 26 November 2025, ZI Zenith S.à r.l., a European indirect subsidiary of funds managed and/or advised by Advent International, L.P., completed the public tender offer for all publicly held shares of u-blox Holding AG, a global leader in positioning and wireless communication technologies. The offer price of CHF 135.00 per share in cash results in a valuation of u-blox’s equity, on a fully diluted basis, of approximately CHF 1,050 million. Based on the number of shares registered with the Commercial Register of the Canton of Zurich, Advent now holds more than 98% of the shares in u-blox. Accordingly, Advent…

On 4 December 2025, EPIC Suisse completed the private placement of new shares. Shares worth CHF 70 million were placed. Specifically, 875,000 new shares were placed at a price of CHF 80.00 per share. They were issued from the existing capital band. The new shares will be traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The real estate company intends to use the funds to strengthen its financial flexibility and expand its real estate portfolio.

On 8 December 2025, EQT announced the sale of an additional 10% stake in Galderma Group AG (SIX: GALD) by a consortium led by EQT, which includes Sunshine SwissCo GmbH (SSCO), Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and Auba Investment Pte. Ltd. (all acting as sellers) to L’Oréal S.A. for an undisclosed amount. Following the transaction, which is subject to customary regulatory approvals, L’Oréal’s total shareholding in Galderma will rise to 20%, building on its initial investment made in August 2024. The previously concluded shareholder undertaking between SSCO and L’Oréal will be dissolved effective upon completion of the transaction.

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 to be tokenized on the SDX platform. These were then allocated in fractions to the investors via the portfolios‘ custody bank account.