The SME Market editorial review
The Mandate.
Issue No. 04
April 2026 · Lugano
CHF 0 · Online Edition
Cover Story · No. 04
12 min
§ Essay · Industrial
On Discretion: Why Swiss SMEs Sell Quietly
For decades, the most considered acquisitions in Switzerland have closed before anyone knew they were on the market. The reason has less to do with secrecy than with respect.
By
M. Roth
Editor · 24 April 2026
§ In this issue
№ 01
Cover Story
On Discretion
№ 02
Interview
H. Stutz, Geneva
№ 03
Essay
The Precision Trade
№ 04
Quarterly
Q1 2026 Review
№02
Interview · Financial Services
A Conversation with H. Stutz
The principal of a Geneva family office on patient capital, cantonal nuance, and the third generation's reluctance to sell.
A. Ringier
18 April 2026
№03
Interview · Hospitality
Three Hotels, Two Languages, One Family
The owners of a Ticino hospitality group on succession, brand custodianship, and the buyers they declined.
M. Roth
02 April 2026
Editor
M. Roth
Founding Editor
P. Montemurro
Contributors
A. Ringier · L. Kaufmann · H. Stutz
Production
Lugano · Zürich