Compagnie Financiere Tradition SA
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CH0014345117
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- CEO
- Patrick Combes
- Full Time Employees
- 2,500
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Investment banks/Brokers
- Address
- 11, rue de Langallerie Lausanne VD Switzerland 1003
- IPO Date
- May 25, 2012
- Website
- tradition.com
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- Compagnie Financière Tradition SA, founded in 1959 and headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, operates as a leading global interdealer broker, acting as a marketplace and intermediary that facilitates transactions between financial institutions and professional traders in over-the-counter financial and commodity-related products. The company, listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange under ticker CFT.SW since 1973, provides brokerage services across money markets, interest rate and currency derivatives including basis swaps, inflation products, overnight index swaps, options and swaps; equities and equity derivatives such as cash and preferred equities, ETFs, single-stock options, delta-one products, exotics, post-reorg equities, index variance and equity finance swaps, dividend swaps; bonds and repurchase agreements encompassing asset swaps, credit, floating rate notes, futures and options, mortgages, securities, corporate, covered and government bonds; credit derivatives; and commodity-related markets featuring derivatives in oil, natural gas, power, coal, weather, emissions, precious metals, pulp and paper, property, LNG, petroleum, LPG, refined products, soft commodities and renewable energy credits. Through its primary brand Tradition and electronic platforms like Trad-X for interest rate swaps and Bonds.com (formerly MTS Markets International Inc., acquired in December 2022) for corporate bonds, it serves over 7,500 institutional clients including investment banks, commercial banks, hedge funds, asset managers and corporations via a network of approximately 1,500 brokers across more than 30 countries spanning Europe, Americas, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa. Majority-owned by VIEL & Cie since 1996, the firm has expanded primarily through organic growth while enhancing its hybrid execution capabilities with proprietary technology investments; in 2024, it reported record revenue of CHF 1,132.8 million (up 11.0% at constant exchange rates), net profit attributable to shareholders of CHF 115.6 million (up 27.0%), initiated a share buyback program of up to 300,000 shares in August 2023 (ongoing until May 2026), and proposed a dividend of CHF 6.75 per share at the May 2025 Annual General Meeting, reflecting strong operational leverage amid monetary policy shifts and market volatility. In the first half of 2025, revenue grew 12.3% at constant exchange rates to CHF 632.1 million, underscoring sustained momentum across regions and asset classes.