The weekly briefing on Swiss M&A and private markets — transactions, ownership changes, succession signals and original research from Swiss primary sources.
Read the latest editionAll 2026 Swiss deals6,737 commercial-register publications analysed this week, scored across 487,000+ Swiss companies — distilled to the moves that matter.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Full studies built from Swiss primary sources, with methods and limitations published openly.
More than 2,000 Swiss companies a year pass a board seat from one family member to another. In the seven years that follow, they are sold 40% less often than comparable companies.
3,709 court decisions and 25,682 judge-ordered dissolutions show that Swiss companies rarely die of a quarrel between owners. They die because nobody is left to run them.
76,761 seat transfers between Swiss cantons since 2016. One Appenzell town drew one in ten of the moves that match the Federal Council's description of 'company burial', until a new law took effect in 2025. Tax, meanwhile, explains far less than the Zug legend suggests.
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THE PERSON BEHIND VALINDEX
I built ValIndex while searching for a Swiss company to acquire and lead. Market Pulse shares the sourced evidence that helps me understand this otherwise opaque market.
Alain WalderEntrepreneur · active Swiss acquirer · HSG · former private equity
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