Market Data Neutrality in Switzerland: BCCG’s ONE Platform is Defining a New Era

Neutrality is Switzerland’s brand. Known globally for its political neutrality and reputation for trust, Swiss finance now seeks to extend this value into market data neutrality. 

In today’s financial industry, market data distribution and real-time trading data are often dominated by a handful of exchanges and data vendors, leading to high market data costs, complex licensing, and limited transparency. Switzerland, with its emphasis on impartiality, stability, and fair competition, is uniquely positioned to champion neutral market data access—ensuring all participants, from large banks to fintech startups, operate on a level playing field. 

Why Market Data Neutrality Matters

The financial sector runs on market data feeds, trading analytics, and real-time pricing information. Yet access is often: 

• Expensive: Rising market data costs burden banks and asset managers. 

  
  

• Opaque: Complex contracts make compliance and budgeting difficult. 

  
  

• Fragmented: Different formats, feeds, and APIs create operational inefficiencies. 

  
  

For Switzerland to maintain its role as a global financial hub, adopting market data neutrality principles is essential. This ensures fair access to trading data while promoting innovation and competitiveness. 

Raiffeisen and BCCG: A Swiss Case Study 

A concrete example of this new direction is Raiffeisen Switzerland’s collaboration with BCC Group International (BCCG). 

• Raiffeisen Switzerland, one of the country’s largest banking groups serving over 200 cooperative banks with market data, recognized the need to cut costs and modernize how it consumes and distributes data. 

  
  

• BCCG specializes in market data solutions and has built the ONE Platform, a vendor-agnostic, cloud-native infrastructure that delivers a new model for market data management. 

  
  

By adopting the ONE Platform, Raiffeisen gains: 

• Centralized market data access for trading desks and risk teams. 

  
  

• Transparent licensing and usage tracking, supporting compliance and audits.

  
  

• Lower market data costs through vendor-agnostic distribution. 

  
  

• Scalable APIs to support fintech innovation and digital transformation. 

  
  

This partnership reflects the Swiss drive for neutral, transparent financial market data while showing a practical path forward. 

The ONE Platform: Technology Enabling Neutrality 

At the heart of BCCG’s mission is the ONE Platform, which acts as a neutral market data hub. Unlike traditional data vendors, it doesn’t force institutions into vendor lock-in. Instead, it delivers: 

• Fair market data access across multiple sources. 

  
  

• Cloud-native scalability for global and local financial institutions. 

  
  

• Real-time trading data feeds without hidden costs or complex integrations. 

  
  

• Complete entitlement control, letting banks decide who can use what data. 

  
  

In practice, the ONE Platform transforms how Swiss banks like Raiffeisen handle market data governance, making neutrality operational rather than aspirational. 

A New Path for Switzerland and Beyond 

With market data neutrality as a guiding principle, Switzerland can position itself as a leader in fair data distribution, regulatory compliance, and cost transparency. 

BCCG’s ONE Platform provides the infrastructure, while banks like Raiffeisen provide the proof-of-concept. Together, they demonstrate that neutral, transparent, and cost-efficient market data solutions are not only possible but inevitable. 

Conclusion 

Switzerland has always thrived on neutrality. Now, with the rise of market data neutrality, the country is set to bring that same impartiality to the financial data economy. Through the Raiffeisen–BCCG partnership and the power of the ONE Platform, Switzerland can lead the global move toward fair, transparent, and efficient market data access—benefiting banks, fintechs, and investors alike.