Investors of the twenty-first century can harness the power of publicly available data to form a view on a specific company or – more generally – on a particular investment topic. Satellite imagery, marine and air traffic trackers, keyword or search engine trends can provide critical insights on how a company is performing, sometimes unbeknownst to the company itself and most other interested investors. This contribution explores whether there are circumstances in which data extracted from public sources is or can become insider information under Swiss law.

By Ariel Ben Hattar (Reference: CapLaw-2019-13)