Unique trading segment for qualified investors on BX Swiss – Bank Julius Baer as market maker

A new trading segment 'Sponsored Qualified Investor Funds' is now available for qualified investors on the Swiss stock exchange, BX Swiss. Qualified investors may continuously trade approximately 50 investment funds which restrict investor eligibility to qualified investors during trading hours from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm under stock exchange conditions - with Bank Julius Baer acting as the market maker.

In collaboration with Bank Julius Baer, which has been active as an issuer on BX Swiss for many years, BX Swiss is launching an innovative segment exclusively open to qualified investors. The new “Sponsored Qualified Investor Funds (QIF-KKA)” segment offers a new dimension of flexibility and transparency in the fund market.

The continuous tradability of traditional investment funds which restrict investor eligibility to qualified investors (in accordance with article 10 paragraph 3 of the Federal Act on Collective Investment Schemes (CISA)) includes all benefits of  exchange trading that are unavailable within conventional primary market processing; namely quicker reaction to market changes and usage of different order types, such as limit orders and to implement investment strategies more efficiently. As a market maker, Bank Julius Baer provides attractive spreads and minimum volumes alongside binding bid and ask prices, ensuring high liquidity and a smooth market environment.

The renowned Swiss private bank has been an issuer on BX Swiss since 2021, launching products for the deriBX segment (structured products) early on, and in 2023 the “Sponsored Funds” segment (for investment funds open to all investors), where it also acts as market maker.

‘The launch of this new trading segment is the result of our long-lasting, successful partnership with Bank Julius Baer. Together, we are setting new standards for the fund market by enabling investors to continuously trade in investment funds eligible to qualified investors,’ says Lucas Bruggeman, CEO of BX Swiss.

‘Qualified and/or institutional investors benefit in the BX Swiss Sponsored Qualified Investor Funds (QIF-KKA) trading segment from standardized and transparent order execution of traditional investment funds eligible to qualified investors, as well-known from all other financial instruments,’ emphasizes Beat Auerbach from the responsible fund trading team at Bank Julius Baer.