At the outset, the Swiss-based brokerage firm will limit the lending to certain stocks and exchange-traded funds, with plans to expand to additional asset classes. The annual payout rate for some stocks may surpass 5%, depending on market demand. The net return rate for clients on loaned securities could reach up to 1% annually, with…
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As per the company's statement, Invest Easy encompasses four pre-established strategies: savings, prudent, balanced, and ambitious. The savings strategy is designed for long-term investments, while the prudent strategy emphasizes a cautious approach. On the other hand, the balanced strategy incorporates a moderate level of risk. In contrast, the ambitious strategy aims at high-risk investments, encompassing…
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Trading Income Swissquote faced challenges in 2022, which impacted most of its revenue streams. There was a 7.6% decrease in net income from fees and commissions, and a 14.3% drop in net eForex income due to lower trading volumes. The net income from crypto assets declined drastically by 72.9% to CHF 27.7 million. The platform's…
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Pre-tax profit came at CHF 185 million in 2022. This represents a 17% drop from CHF 223 million in 2021. The company said: The diversified sources of revenues and a higher share of non-transaction based revenues have enabled Swissquote to navigate safely in a difficult market environment. Swissquote highlighted that some of the negative market…
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SIX Exchange Regulation AG (SER), one of SIX trading venues’ regulating bodies., opened an investigation into the publication on 2 June 2022. The decision to sanction Swissquote was made on 29 November and a fine was imposed in the amount of CHF 75,000. SIX stated: Mainly due to a technical issue and human error, the…
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Marc Bürki, CEO of Swissquote, commented: We are continuously improving our own ESG profile by strengthening our corporate governance, supporting our employees and tracking our environmental footprint. However, the biggest impact we can make is to motivate our half a million customers to make better investment choices, where better means not only more performance at…
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Swissquote Group is already authorized to operate in Switzerland, the UK, Dubai, Hong Kong, Malta, Singapore and Luxemburg. Now to its list of licenses, the company has added Cyprus Investment Firm (CIF) license which will allow the broker to offer trading services across the European Economic Area (EEA). Meanwhile, launched its own crypto exchange SQX…
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Markus Schwab, CEO of Yuh, said: Our community not only wants smooth management of their finances, but also brings along a great climate awareness. That's why eBill was also at the top of our to-do list from the very beginning. We are all the more pleased about the latest addition to the yuhniverse. Earlier in…
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Marc Bürki, CEO of Swissquote, commented: Swissquote is at the forefront of innovation and was one of the first institutions in Europe with a banking license to offer cryptocurrency trading. The launch of our own crypto exchange is an important step forward in offering our customers deeper liquidity and faster execution. In terms of services…
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In the official press release Swissquote stated: Despite an environment that was more challenging than initially expected, Swissquote continued to grow its overall customer base in the first half of 2022. The opening of around 34,200 new client accounts (of which some 8,000 non-organic) stands out as a positive development. The new ac-counts resulted in…
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