Ten Years of Finews

Written by finews.asia editors

finews.ch, the parent company of finews.asia, celebrates ten years of covering financial services with a revamp. The finance website looks back.

2008:Economics journalist and authorClaude Baumann (pictured below) launches a website with information targeted at bank employees. He is joined by fellow journalistsPeter Bohnenblustand Ralph Poehneras well as information technology expertMichael Sicker.

finews.chgoes live in a German-language version in October 2008– the same month that Switzerland's largest bank, UBS, is rescued from collapse by the Swiss government.

2009:A growing interest infinews.chspurs the founders to incorporatefinews AG in Zug. The company is formally launched onApril29,2009.

2010: finews.chquickly establishes itself as a leading, reliable portal for financial news in Switzerland. The German-language editorial offering is expanded with columns on gold, ETFs, and luxury goods.

2011:finews AG reports a profit for the first time and hires its first employees.

2012:finews.ch'seditorial offering is expanded with new columns; the company also launches marketing activitiessuch as a banking job directory index andperiodic surveys on sentiment in the independent asset management industry.

2013:finews AG moves into new offices in the heart of Zurich's finance district and hires several moresenior journalists.

2014: finews.chlaunchesan English-language version,finews.com. The newsroomalso launchesfinews.ch-TVtogether with Geneva-based online bank Dukascopy.finews.chbegins an annual«Finance Word of the Year». The editorial team offinews.chwins the «State Street Media Award». Ralph Poehner departs from an operational role.

2015:The founders of finews.chlaunchFinews.Asia Pte. Ltd. in Singapore, and the following yearfinews.asia.

German-language trade publication PRIVATE Magazin awards finews.ch with itsmedia prize for financial journalism.

2016: finews.asialaunches to wide interest from Asia'sfinance industry.

finews.ch-TVlaunches with interviews from the financial services industry.finews.ch'sjournalists winGermany's prestigious«Comdirect Finanzblog Award».

2017: finews.asia (editorial team, pictured)reaches break-even;the newsroom is nominated for the«State Street Media Awards» in Hong Kong.

2018:finews AGtakes over Finews.Asia Pte. Ltd. from the founders. The company continues hiring in Zurich and Hong Kong and prepares to open an office in Hong Kong.

2019: finews.ch's readership hits a record:in March, the website reaches 360,000 unique usersmonthly and 1.4million page impressions. The company, which now employs 15 people, has been profitable since 2011 and plans to keep expanding in Europe (Paris, Luxembourg) and from Singapore to Hong Kong.