AWP Financial News

What AWP Financial News does

AWP Financial News (legal entity: AWP Finanznachrichten AG) is Switzerland's leading financial and economic news agency, operating as a joint venture between Swiss news agency Keystone-SDA and German news agency DPA, founded approximately 1962 and headquartered in Zürich. The company employs roughly 30 editors producing up to 1,000 dispatches per day in German, French, and Italian, covering all Swiss primary-listed companies plus international markets, macroeconomic data, and economic policy. Its product portfolio is structured as a core real-time feed (AWP Premium) with a modular layer of specialized services including AWP Basic (for portals and e-banking), AWP Analyser (consolidated analyst forecasts on SIX-listed stocks), AWP ESG News, AWP Top News, AWP Selektiv (company-specific filtering for IR teams), AWP Nebenwerte (unlisted/OTC companies), AWP Marktgespräch (market rumors), and the 2025-launched AWP Alliance News Global, an English-language service combining AI-supported coverage with human editorial oversight.

AWP operates a dual go-to-market: direct B2B/B2C online subscriptions on www.awp.ch (Premium Schweiz at CHF 87–92/month and Premium Global at CHF 103–109/month, 12-month terms, 14-day free trial) and indirect distribution through all major global financial information systems — SIX Financial Information, Refinitiv, Bloomberg, Dow Jones, FactSet, LexisNexis — and Swiss E-banking portals, reaching more than 30,000 finance professionals in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Additional revenue streams include B2B advertising sales on awp.ch, press-release redistribution arrangements with Notified (GlobeNewswire), Business Wire, Access Newswire, news aktuell, Actusnews, and EQS Group, and the SDA/AWP Multimedia content agency, which produces custom journalistic content (magazines, newsletters, video, social media) for corporate clients. Ownership is split between Keystone-SDA and DPA; leadership is led by CEO Christoph Gaberthüel and Deputy CEO Jürg Rüttimann, with editorial leadership under Rolf Arpagaus and Reto Wäckerli.

Name

AWP Financial News

Legal name

AWP Finanznachrichten AG

Website

https://awp.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1962

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

AWP Financial News is Switzerland's leading financial and economic news agency, jointly owned by Keystone-SDA and DPA, producing up to 1,000 dispatches daily in German, French, and Italian across all Swiss-listed companies and global markets. It monetizes through direct subscriptions, distribution via major financial terminals, and corporate content services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Financial News Services

NAICS

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (516210), Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (51621)

SIC

Telegraph & Other Message Communications (4822)

akta.pro primary industry

News Agencies & Wire Services (General & Specialized) (MPAJADAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Newsletters & Email-Based News Publishers (B2B/B2C) (MPAJADAJ), Business & Financial News Channels (MPABAIAB)

Keywords

• Financial news agency
• Real-time market data
• Business news feed
• Analyst rating service
• Press release distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Zürich

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. AWP Premium Subscription: Recurring annual subscription for real-time financial news. Two tiers: Premium Switzerland (CHF 87–92/month) and Premium Global (CHF 103–109/month), billed annually. Includes news feeds, market reports, exclusive content, analyses, archives, event calendar, and company profiles.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels9 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

AWP Financial News is a Swiss financial and economic news agency that produces and distributes up to 1,000 real-time news dispatches per day in German, French, and Italian, covering all primary Swiss-listed companies, macroeconomic data, and international financial markets. Its flagship AWP Premium subscription delivers real-time news, market reports, financial analyses, ratings, company profiles, and event calendars to finance professionals, while a suite of modular services (AWP Basic, AWP Analyser, AWP ESG News, AWP Top News, AWP Selektiv, AWP Nebenwerte, AWP Marktgespräch, AWP Kalender) and the 2025-launched AI-supported English-language AWP Alliance News Global extend coverage. The agency also operates the SDA/AWP Multimedia publishing subsidiary for custom corporate content.

Product overview

AWP Financial News is a financial and economic news agency operating as a unified platform-plus-modules architecture. The core offering is AWP Premium, a real-time news service for financial professionals, supplemented by specialized modules including AWP Basic (for web portals and e-banking), AWP Analyser (analyst forecasts), AWP ESG News (sustainability), AWP Top News (curated with images), AWP Alliance News Global (AI-powered English-language global coverage), and AWP Selektiv (company-specific filtering). Additional services include AWP Nebenwerte (unlisted companies), AWP Marktgespräch (market rumors), AWP Kalender (economic calendar), and SDA/AWP Multimedia (custom content creation). The company delivers up to 1,000 news dispatches daily in German, French, and Italian covering Swiss and international financial markets and economics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AWP Premium: Flagship real-time news service for financial professionals including traders, analysts, asset managers, and investment bankers.
• AWP Basic
• AWP Analyser
• AWP ESG News
• AWP Top News
• AWP Selectif
• AWP Alliance News Global
• SDA/AWP Multimedia

Products and services

• AWP Premium Flagship real-time news service for financial professionals including traders, analysts, asset managers, and investment bankers. Provides rapid and comprehensive coverage of financial markets, companies, macroeconomic data, and economic policy events, supplemented by background reports, exclusive interviews, press monitoring, summaries, and event calendars. Sold as annual subscription with Premium Schweiz (CHF 87–92/month) and Premium Global (CHF 103–109/month) tiers, with a 14-day free trial.
• AWP Basic News feed service for internet portals, e-banking solutions, trading platforms, and financial media. Focuses on publicly listed companies and stock markets, while also providing coverage of general economic developments in Switzerland and abroad.
• AWP Analyser Service providing an overview of financial analyst and expert forecasts for stocks listed on the Swiss stock exchange (SIX). Delivers information on ratings, price targets, earnings estimates, and dividend expectations.
• AWP ESG News News service tailored for private investors focused on sustainability topics. Designed for trading and e-banking solutions as well as stock market and finance apps. Focuses on Swiss companies while covering international trends and developments.
• AWP Top News Image-accompanied news service where the editorial team manually and continuously selects the most relevant and current topics. Designed for e-banking portals and financial media requiring curated, image-supported news.
• AWP Alliance News Global Innovative English-language financial news service combining high-quality journalism with AI-supported speed and breadth of coverage. Offers comprehensive global coverage across large, mid, and small cap stocks and all major markets. Available in a real-time professional version and a near real-time retail investor version.
• AWP Selektiv Service tailored for communication departments, investor relations officers, and press offices. Filters all company-relevant news from the AWP news stream and transmits them in real time to the subscribing organization.
• AWP Nebenwerte Supplementary service providing comprehensive coverage of unlisted and OTC-traded Swiss companies.
• AWP Marktgespräch Supplementary service providing information on the latest stock market rumors in Switzerland.
• AWP Kalender Supplementary service providing a comprehensive overview of all relevant economic events and dates (economic calendar).
• SDA/AWP Multimedia Wholly-owned subsidiary of AWP operating as a content marketing and corporate publishing agency. Creates customized journalistic content for companies and organizations in formats including customer magazines, employee publications, blog entries, newsletters, video reports, and social media posts.

Quantifiable outcome

• Approximately 30,000 financial professionals in Switzerland and Liechtenstein rely on AWP dispatches
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature5 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Keystone-SDA-ATS AGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKeystone-SDA is the Swiss news agency that co-founded AWP together with DPA (German news agency). AWP also creates an economic news feed for Keystone-SDA's portal and newspaper editorial customers on behalf of Keystone-SDA. This is a co-ownership and co-development relationship at the heart of AWP's business.
• DPA (Deutsche Presse-Agentur)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDPA (Deutsche Presse-Agentur) is the German news agency and co-owner of AWP together with Keystone-SDA. This joint venture forms the ownership structure of AWP Finanznachrichten.
• SIX Financial InformationcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSIX Financial Information distributes AWP real-time news feeds to over 30,000 finance professionals via its financial information platform.
• RefinitivcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRefinitiv distributes AWP news as part of its global financial information offering.
• BloombergcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAWP news is available via Bloomberg's financial information platform.
• Dow Jones & CominorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDow Jones distributes AWP financial news content through its platforms.
• FactSet Research Systems Inc.minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAWP news distributed via FactSet's research and analytics platform.
• LexisNexisminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAWP content available through LexisNexis legal and business information platform.
• dpa-AFX Wirtschaftsnachrichten GmbHcoreTechnology or Integrationdpa-AFX is an editorial partner providing content to AWP and collaborating on news coverage. It is a key content exchange partner in the German-speaking financial news ecosystem.
• InfrontminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInfront distributes AWP financial news through its trading and market data platform.
• FISminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFIS distributes AWP news via its capital markets and trading connectivity solutions.
• baha GmbH (Teletrader)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributorbaha GmbH operates Teletrader and distributes AWP content.
• Web Financial Group AGminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorWeb Financial Group AG distributes AWP financial news through its web financial platforms.
• CRIF AGminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCRIF AG integrates AWP news into its credit and financial information services.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• GlobeNewswire (Notified): Press release distribution network integrated with AWP's editorial feeds; competes in the corporate disclosure and financial news distribution value chain serving IR and corporate communications teams.
• EQS Group: German-headquartered provider of regulatory news, investor relations, and corporate compliance communications; closely comparable in serving corporates, IR departments, and financial professionals with news and disclosure solutions.
• Alliance News: English-language financial news provider collaborating with AWP on the Alliance News Global service; offers real-time news on European small/mid-cap stocks to professional investors.
• dpa-AFX Wirtschaftsnachrichten: German financial news wire service that is both a content partner and the closest direct peer to AWP in the DACH region, providing real-time economic and financial news to professionals and media outlets.

Broad incumbents

• S&P Global Market Intelligence: Global provider of financial data, analytics, and research including news; comparable in serving finance professionals with integrated information workflows, though at substantially greater scale.
• Agence France-Presse (AFP): One of the world's three largest global news agencies; content partner to AWP and a direct peer in the international news agency space, offering multilingual wire services to media and businesses.
• Dow Jones Newswires: Premium real-time financial news wire from News Corp; distributes AWP content and competes directly in the B2B financial news feed market globally.
• Reuters / Refinitiv: Global financial news and information giant; AWP content is distributed via Refinitiv's platform, but Reuters/Refinitiv is also the dominant global competitor for real-time financial news services.
• Bloomberg News: World's largest financial news organization and a distribution partner for AWP via Bloomberg Terminal; competes head-on in real-time financial news while operating at vastly greater scale.

Others

• Keystone-SDA: Swiss national news agency and 50% joint-venture parent of AWP; shares editorial infrastructure and distributes AWP's economic feed to newspaper editorial customers — partly partner, partly general news peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/awp_de
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/awpfinanznachrichten
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/awp-finanznachrichten-ag

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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