Hansjörg Ryser becomes editor-in-chief of Stocks

The investor magazine Stocks of the Handelszeitung publishing group will have a new editor-in-chief as of June 1. Hansjörg Ryser (41) will take over as editor-in-chief from business journalist Reto Lipp (45), who is moving to the major Swiss bank UBS after 5 years as editor-in-chief. Ryser has been a member of the Sonntagszeitung's business editorial team since 2003 and is responsible for the money advice section. Prior to this, he was business editor at the Solothurner Zeitung and headed the editorial team of the Nebenwerte-Journal (now Swiss Equity Magazin). Since 2004, Ryser has also been licensed as a stockbroker on the SWX Swiss Exchange. Stocks was launched in November 2000 and has developed very positively under Reto Lipp, according to the publisher. With a certified circulation of 18,145 copies, it reached 64,000 readers every 14 days in 2005. Five years after its launch, Stocks was in the black for the first time in 2005. Newsstand sales have increased by 56 percent over the last 12 months.