Strong growth in structured products in 2006

The first market report of the Swiss Structured Products Association SSPA indicates uninterrupted growth of structured products in Switzerland. So Sales of structured products rose on the SWX reporting period by more than 35% to over CHF 47.98 billion Structured products achieved in 2006 the highest Growth of all asset classes in Swiss bank accounts. Zurich, 21 February 2007. Founded in April 2006 Swiss Structured Products Association SSPA today published the first market report with background information on Structured products in Switzerland. The market report shows that Structured enjoy products of unbroken investor interest. Roger Studer, Head of Financial Markets at Bank Vontobel and President SSPA: “The first publication of a Market Report Structured Products is a milestone in the young history of our Association SSPA. We are creating the basis that investors and issuers to the market for
can observe structured products better. “The SSPA is planning the statistical Market Report quarterly posting. In this way, the dressing also allows the compare market development over a longer period.