Terms of use

By accessing the website www.academicalpha.ch (or a page diverted to this web address; hereinafter referred to in toto as the ““Academic Alpha website””) you confirm that you have read and understood and accept the following terms of use. If you do not accept these terms of use, please do not visit the Academic Alpha website again.

The Academic Alpha website is not intended for legal and natural persons who, for reasons of nationality, business headquarters, place of residence or for any other reasons, are subject to a legal system which bans or restricts in particular

  • the publication of the contents,
  • the access to the Academic Alpha website,
  • the admission of financial products (e.g. funds).

Persons to whom some or all of these restrictions apply may not access the Academic Alpha website. Further details on restrictions can be found in product documents such as the fund agreements, fact sheets or prospectuses.

In particular, the information contained on the Academic Alpha website may not be distributed and/or passed on to persons who are US persons according to the definition in Regulation S of the US Securities Act of 1933.

Reservation of the right to amendment

The terms of use, legal notices and any information on the Academic Alpha website may be amended at any time without prior notice. You should therefore check these terms of use regularly. If you have not understood a provision of the terms of use, or do not agree to this, please leave the Academic Alpha website.

No advice and no offer

The information published on the Academic Alpha website is intended exclusively for informational purposes. It constitutes neither an advice – whether on legal, tax, financial or other aspects – nor a recommendation or offer concerning the purchase or sale of products or the conduct of other transactions or the conclusion of any legal transaction.

Risk and performance notice

Past performance is not an indicator of future value development and does not offer any guarantee for future success. Capital investments are associated with risks, which include the potential loss of the capital invested. Securities and financial instruments denominated in foreign currency are also exposed to exchange rate fluctuations. Details regarding the risks are described in the respective, current product documents which must be read carefully prior to investing.

No Warranty

Academic Alpha AG assume no warranty for the actuality, precision, reliability or completeness of the contents of the Academic Alpha website. Academic Alpha AG reserve the right to update, amend or delete without notice, at any time, information published on the Academic Alpha website. The opinions and assessments expressed on the Academic Alpha website reflect the opinion of Academic Alpha AG at the time of publication and do not constitute a general or specific legal, tax or other recommendation.

Furthermore, Academic Alpha AG shall not be held liable for and cannot guarantee that the functions on the Academic Alpha website work without fault and are available without interruption or the website and other components utilized through access to the Academic Alpha website are free of viruses, etc.

Exclusion of liability

Academic Alpha AG or any companies, partners, boards of directors, employees or representatives linked to it refuse all liability (including for negligence and towards third parties) for direct or indirect damage or consequential damage that may occur in direct or indirect connection with the utilization of the Academic Alpha website.

Academic Alpha AG has not verified third parties’ websites linked to the Academic Alpha website and cannot be held liable for the actuality, precision, reliability, completeness, or legality of the contents and offers on such websites. The user therefore accesses such web pages at his or her own risk.

Place of jurisdiction

The Academic Alpha website as well as these terms of use and legal notices are subject to Swiss law.

The sole place of jurisdiction shall be Bern, Switzerland.