Short portrait of SIX Group

SIX Group operates the competitive infrastructure underpinning the Swiss financial center, catering to an ever-increasing global client base. Its business fields provide infrastructure services relating to securities trading, securities clearing and settlement, payment transfers and financial information. This includes the operation, regulation and monitoring of electronic exchange trading, the calculation of indexes, downstream settlement and custody processes for securities trading, the distribution of reference and market data, operational processes relating to the issuance and acceptance of credit, debit and prepaid cards, the settlement of cashless transactions and electronic bills, and interbank payment transactions in Swiss francs and euro.

SIX Group generates around one third of its revenue abroad and has a presence outside Switzerland in 22 countries, where almost one third of its employees work. The largest locations are in Zurich, Paris, Vienna, Stockholm, Stamford, CT (USA) and London.

SIX Group is owned by approximately 150 domestic and foreign banks, which are also its customers. The Group is subject to consolidated supervision by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA). Due to their systemic relevance, some of the IT applications operated by SIX Group are subject to supervision by the Swiss National Bank.