Twenty funds will open subscriptions on Oct. 8, the first trading day after the holiday, producing a small issuance peak at the start of October. The lineup comprises seven passive index funds, five equity-biased hybrid funds, three bond funds, three enhanced-index funds, one FOF and one REIT. Offerings are concentrated in tech-growth themes—STAR Market chip design, AI/startup innovation, software development and robotics—while dividend/value index strategies are being expanded with new ETFs fro

On Oct. 5 Huawei said it had reached a multi-year, wide-ranging patent licence agreement with Qualcomm covering cross-licences in 5G, computing, AI and networking, and that Qualcomm would acquire certain U.S. patents from Huawei in computing, AI and networking. The parties did not disclose deal value, patent counts or commercial terms. Market reports suggested Qualcomm would be the net payer and that the transaction involved so-called logic-folding chip technology. Qualcomm on Oct. 6 said those reports were inaccurate, confirmed the agreement is long-term and broad but confidential on specifics, denied any link to logic-folding chip technology, and confirmed it has agreed to acquire some of Huawei’s U.S. non‑cellular patents in the stated technology areas.

Switzerland's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for September was 3.1%, matching expectations and unchanged from the prior 3.10%.