News
500 days for humankind and for nature
02.11.2011
SIX Group volunteers put their heart and soul (and muscle power) once more to good
use during the Social Days this autumn.
They tore up trees and bushes, at Neeracherried and the Kienberger gypsum pit. At the Grosses Moos
they dug up stones, while on the Probstenberg they were busy piling them up to make dry stone walls.
The SIX Group employees didn't shy away from hard work in trying to create valuable habitats
or niche environments for animals and plants alike. In other places they were breaking down barriers,
such as when they helped people with physical or mental disabilities to staple together booklets for
Zurich city police. Some volunteers helped teenagers improve their applications and interviewing
techniques for apprenticeships, and others spent a day with people from migrant backgrounds, giving
them the opportunity to practice their German.
Latency below 100 microseconds
16.06.2011
SIX Swiss Exchange will upgrade SWXess to new trading platform
As the first exchange in the world, SIX Swiss Exchange will implement X-stream INET. This new system by
NASDAQ OMX combines the benefits of the existing platform X-stream with the INET technology. The
upgrade will result in significantly enhanced capacity and reduced latency in all product segments
for the benefit of all market participants. Going forward, latency times of the trading platform
SWXess should drop to two-digit microsecond figures.
Real estate information online
21.04.2011
Real estate and survey data for Canton Thurgau activated in Terravis
The official information event marking the activation of Canton Thurgau in the Terravis
information portal took place in the presence of representatives from the authorities, banks,
media as well as notaries on 20 April in Weinfelden. The system is based on infrastructure
developed by SIX Group and makes real estate information and survey data from throughout
the canton available to authorized persons via a web-based interface with immediate effect.
Successively connecting the land registries in Canton Graubünden to the information portal has been
ongoing since the end of 2010, there will be more than 250,000 plots activated in Terravis shortly.
Social and ecological commitment from SIX Group
21.04.2011
Fundraising campaign for disaster relief in Japan - More than 400 registrations for Social
Day in Switzerland
SIX Group held an internal fundraising campaign for earthquake victims in Japan, as part of
which all donations made by employees were doubled by the company. The Swiss Red Cross was invited
to the SIX Group headquarters in the stock exchange building in Zurich on 20 April, where
they were presented with a cheque to the value of 160,000 Swiss francs. In tandem with this
fundraising event, SIX Group has organized its first Social Day, with more than 400
employees demonstrating their commitment by participating in social and ecological events.
Austrian BKS Bank to use SIC for Swiss franc payments
22.03.2011
Yet more participants sign up to interbank payment system
There is no let-up in the interest shown by foreign banks in having their Swiss franc payments
processed via the SIC system (Swiss Interbank Clearing). From April 2011, BKS Bank, which is
based in the Austrian city of Klagenfurt, will also use the system. Of the 375 financial market
participants already connected, 105 are domiciled outside Switzerland. The majority of foreign
banks are domiciled in Germany (45), the UK (24) and Austria (24). They use the SIC system primarily
for the cash clearing of securities that are traded on SIX Swiss Exchange and the Eurex derivatives exchange.
International recognition for innovative collateralization of structured products
06.12.2010
COSI® distinguished with FOW Award
At the Derivatives World Conference in London, SIX Swiss Exchange, SIX SIS and Eurex, the derivatives
exchange operated as a joint venture with Deutsche Börse, received an FOW Award for COSI®
(collateral secured instruments). These collateralized certificates protect investors against
issuer default risk. The FOW Award is bestowed for the best innovation by a securities exchange
in the area of product design.
The full range of financial market infrastructure
26.11.2010
New SIX Group Internet site
SIX Group has launched a new Internet site, featuring revised content and a new appearance.
The website is a portal to the corporate group, providing significantly enhanced information
all about SIX Group and its business fields, and includes news and job openings for the
entire company.
SIX Multipay enables Chinese visitors to pay by credit and debit card in Switzerland
24.11.2010
First payment with UnionPay card made on the Jungfraujoch
Since the end of November 2010, SIX Multipay, a SIX Group company, has enabled Swiss merchants
to accept credit and debit cards from the Chinese bank card organization China UnionPay. This
means that UnionPay card holders can not only withdraw cash from ATMs in Switzerland, but can
also make cashless payments at contracting partners of SIX Multipay.
SIX Swiss Exchange to trade instruments for secured commodity investments
08.11.2010
New trading segment on SIX Swiss Exchange: ETPs
SIX Swiss Exchange has begun trading exchange-traded products (ETPs), which will complement the current
trading segments of equities, bonds, investment funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). ETPs
enable investors to acquire secured investments in individual commodities.
Austrian Federal Railways award major terminals contract to SIX Group
04.11.2010
Successful expansion of card business in Austria
SIX Card Solutions, the provider of cashless payment solutions is celebrating its latest success:
in 2011, Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) are to roll out over 1,000 ticket machines and 300 ticket
counter terminals supplied by SIX Card Solutions. The order from ÖBB highlights the fact that
SIX Group provides internationally competitive solutions for card transactions not only in the
areas of card acceptance and processing, but also in the terminal business.
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