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The third issue of the "Bonds Quarterly Statistics" report looks at the performance of SIX Swiss Exchange's bonds segment in the 2nd quarter of 2012. |
Today, SIX Swiss Exchange published the latest "Bonds Quarterly Statistics"[PDF]. The report shows an increase in turnover of CHF CHF 13.1 billion in the CHF bonds segment for the 2nd quarter of 2012, i.e. in the first 125 trading days. This represents an increase of 15.4% over the prior-year period (124 trading days). Total turnover was CHF 98.0 billion.
SIX Swiss Exchange also saw an increase in the number of trades in CHF bonds, up by 10.2% to 277'982. The segment with the highest turnover was "Government" (i.e. governments, local authorities, cantons, etc.) at 37.0%, with Switzerland accounting for the lion's share (32.2%).
Demand for emerging market corporate bonds
There was also an increase in the number of primary-listed CHF bonds in the 2nd quarter of 2012: as at the end of June, there were 1'567 (Q1 2012: 1'554). In contrast, the International Bonds segment posted a decline in volume of 18% in Q2 2012.
Ueli Goldener, Head of Fixed Income Product Management at SIX Swiss Exchange, commented: "On the hunt for yields, investors are continuing to focus on emerging market corporate bonds. There is strong demand for covered bonds as well, and asset-backed securities were also listed again on SIX Swiss Exchange, after a gap of several years."
Broad information offering
The report "Bonds Quarterly Statistics" is published quarterly and contains turnover figures as well as information about Swiss and international bonds traded. Up-to-date information on new admissions and market indicators, interest structure rates as well as volume and turnover is available on our website. Previous editions of the "Bonds Quarterly Statistics" are available in our archives.
