This list of most actively traded ETF (in CHF) on SIX (Swiss Exchange) gives you an indication of which are popular, and more importantly liquid ETFs. Note that themes are a strong trend, especially ETF with ESG Filters (no tobacco, no arms dealers and producers, no oil exploration and similar).

ETF	Bezeichnung	CHF Turnover	ISIN	ValorSymbol	Owner
746	LY Digital Economy ESG Filt	13’621’477.61	LU2023678878	EBUY	SocGen
747	LY Disruptive Tech ESG Filt	9’535’570.00	LU2023678282	QBIT	SocGen
426	iSh Core SPI (CH) CHF Dis	6’600’069.52	CH0237935652	CHSPI	BlackRock
1445	Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Dist	6’471’012.00	IE00B3XXRP09	VUSA	Vanguard
576	iSh MSCI Japan CHF-H Acc	5’691’675.00	IE00B8J37J31	IJPC	BlackRock
1589	ZKB Silver ETF – H (CHF)	4’621’371.25	CH0183136024	ZSILHC	ZKB
1349	UBSETF SMI CHF DIS	4’570’222.20	CH0017142719	SMICHA	UBS
1577	ZKB GOLD ETF	4’152’042.40	CH0139101593	ZGLD	ZKB
1065	UBS ETF EMU hdg CHF acc	3’668’967.04	LU1169819635	EMUCHF	UBS
750	LY Future Mobility ESG Filt	3’458’077.34	LU2023679090	ELCR	SocGen
1581	ZKB Gold ETF hedged (CHF)	2’972’614.40	CH0139101601	ZGLDHC	ZKB
1351	UBSETF SPI CHF DIS	2’962’688.24	CH0131872431	SPICHA	UBS
672	iSh Swiss Div (CH) CHF Dis	2’776’037.28	CH0237935637	CHDVD	BlackRock
646	iSh SMI (CH) CHF Dis	2’557’448.82	CH0008899764	CSSMI	BlackRock
364	iSh $ TreasBnd 20+ CHF-H Dis	2’075’801.40	IE00BD8PH067	DTLC	BlackRock
1183	UBSETF GOLD H-CHF DIS	1’986’033.44	CH0106027128	AUCHAH	UBS
401	iSh Core CorpBnd (CH) CHF Dis	1’884’822.80	CH0226976816	CHCORP	BlackRock
408	iSh Core FTSE 100 GBP Dis	1’844’289.25	IE0005042456	ISF	BlackRock
647	iSh SMIM (CH) CHF Dis	1’752’109.75	CH0019852802	CSSMIM	BlackRock
1137	UBSETF CMCI OIL CHF DIS	1’421’558.95	CH0116015352	OILCHA	UBS
1542	X SWITZERLAND	1’401’482.22	LU0274221281	XSMI	DB?
789	LYX SMI DAILY DBLE SHORT ACC	1’343’432.24	FR0010869438	LYSSL	SocGen
1586	ZKB Silver ETF – A (CHF)	1’164’204.00	CH0183135976	ZSIL	ZKB
613	iSh MSCI Wrld CHF-H Acc	1’102’550.02	IE00B8BVCK12	IWDC	BlackRock
1294	UBSETF MSCI USA H-CHF ACC	1’089’105.14	IE00BD4TYL27	USCHWH	UBS
1348	UBSETF SLI CHF DIS	1’011’971.52	CH0032912732	SLICHA	UBS

As you can see from the pie chart, the market has some very large players. Notably missing: Credit Suisse, who made the monumental mistake of ignoring low TER ETF in their market strategy (i.e. selling their top performing ETF segment to BlackRock).

[*] based on 26 most active ETFs on 2020-11-11 (i.e. not representative for entire month, or even year). However it is an approximation of success in the ETF space in CHF denominated ETFs in Switzerland.

Would you like to discuss the opportunities of investing in ETFs? Feel free to drop me an email at contact@zuberbuehler-associates.ch

Here an update for 2020-11-12, SocGen and Blackrock are the ones dominating:

ETF	ShortName	CHF Turnover	ISIN	ValorSymbol	Owner
839	Lyxor MSCI China UCITS ETF	24’322’432.00	LU1841731745	LCCN	SocGen
427	iSh Core SPI (CH) CHF Dis	23’838’695.94	CH0237935652	CHSPI	BlackRock
648	iSh SMI (CH) CHF Dis	12’855’105.72	CH0008899764	CSSMI	BlackRock
749	LY Disruptive Tech ESG Filt	7’082’571.94	LU2023678282	QBIT	SocGen
1353	UBSETF SPI CHF DIS	5’652’810.24	CH0131872431	SPICHA	UBS
748	LY Digital Economy ESG Filt	4’944’800.00	LU2023678878	EBUY	SocGen
1579	ZKB GOLD ETF	4’156’293.60	CH0139101593	ZGLD	ZKB
1544	X SWITZERLAND	3’259’310.34	LU0274221281	XSMI	DB
402	iSh Core CorpBnd (CH) CHF Dis	2’633’990.58	CH0226976816	CHCORP	BlackRock
850	Lyxor MSCI USA Climate	2’625’000.00	LU2055175025	CLUS	SocGen
284	Invesco EQQQ UCITS ETF CHF Hdg	1’714’456.40	IE00BYVTMT69	EQCH	Invesco
1588	ZKB Silver ETF – A (CHF)	1’661’800.30	CH0183135976	ZSIL	ZKB
1351	UBSETF SMI CHF DIS	1’619’802.24	CH0017142719	SMICHA	UBS
1366	UBSETF US LIQ CORP H-CHF ACC	1’556’875.82	LU1048317538	CBUSS	UBS
1352	UBSETF SMIM CHF DIS	1’467’606.15	CH0111762537	SMMCHA	UBS
395	iSh CH GovBd 7-15 (CH) CHF Dis	1’466’047.50	CH0016999861	CSBGC0	BlackRock
961	SPDR BB EMD Local Acc	1’442’778.75	IE00BFWFPY67	EMDA	StateStreet
1447	Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Dist	1’416’154.32	IE00B3XXRP09	VUSA	Vanguard
1587	ZKB Platinum ETF – CHF	1’339’855.80	CH0183136057	ZPLA	ZKB
786	LYX EURO STOXX 50 DH CHF ACC	1’173’474.30	FR0012399731	MSEC	SocGen
1583	ZKB Gold ETF hedged (CHF)	1’049’319.75	CH0139101601	ZGLDHC	ZKB
1185	UBSETF GOLD H-CHF DIS	1’021’024.62	CH0106027128	AUCHAH	UBS