OREANDA-NEWS. Today, Bank Julius Baer extends the offering of Sponsored Funds on SIX Swiss Exchange by 13 products. Twelve of the new funds are products based on industrial metals which had been launched in 2013 as a world premiere for qualified investors. As of 1 June 2015, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA has authorised these funds for public distribution, making them accessible to private investors for the first time.

Also admitted to trading today was a fund that invests primarily in shares of U.S. companies. As a result, SIX Swiss Exchange now offers investors a choice of 334 Sponsored Funds. Bank Julius Baer acts as sponsor for 315 of these products, ensuring continuous price setting.

Stephan Mueller, Head Product Management & Development, GAM Investment Management (Switzerland) commented: "The JB Industrial Metals Funds are the world's first physically-replicated funds investing in aluminium, copper, nickel and zinc. They offer currency hedging and can be traded just like ETFs in the Sponsored Funds trading segment of SIX Swiss Exchange."

Danielle Mair, ETFs & ETPs Sales Manager at SIX Swiss Exchange adds: "In our Sponsored Funds segment, investors can trade fund units in the same way as shares at any time, benefitting from immediate execution of their orders at known prices as well as from the protection of the regulated trading environment at SIX Swiss Exchange."