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Switzerland’s Most Important Stock-Market Barometer: What Is the SMI?

25 Mar 2024 7 minutes

The SMI is the most prominent stock index in Switzerland and is a reflection of the country’s economy. But what else is the SMI important for, and how does it work? Read below what lies behind the SMI and what role it plays in the financial market.

5 Reasons Why You Need Climate Data – Regulation Is Just One of Them

29 Feb 2024 4 minutes

Under the Paris Agreement, normative frameworks are turning into binding regulations. In order to comply with them, the financial industry needs to be able to count on a reliable underlying data basis. But that’s not all. Read in this article where portfolio and asset managers are likewise reliant on trustworthy and consistent climate data.

4 Reasons Why Artificial Intelligence Hasn’t Revolutionized Post-Trading Yet, but Maybe Will Someday

08 Feb 2024 4 minutes

Post-trading is a volume business and a data business, so calls for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in post-trading operations haven’t been long in coming. Read below exactly why this makes it important to take one step at a time when it comes to identifying potential AI use cases.

“Quality over Cost” and 2 More Facts on Using Market Data

19 Oct 2023 4 minutes

Global buy-side and sell-side market participants agree that data accuracy and data feed reliability are the most important drivers when choosing market data providers. Read about these and other key findings revealed in new research by Coalition Greenwich together with SIX.

What Is ESG? And Why Is Everybody Talking about Sustainability?

26 Jul 2023 4 minutes

The ESG theme has been booming in recent years. Companies must become more sustainable and more transparent. But what does ESG actually mean? Who determines how sustainable companies are? And why is a good ESG rating so important these days?

4 Big Burdens in Dealing with Tax Regulations and How Financial Institutions Can Ease Them

11 May 2023 4 Minutes

Taxation rules and regulations are constantly evolving and creating new reporting standards, necessitating greater resources and threatening the unwary with substantial fines and reputational damage. Get an overview below of the biggest challenges, and read what you need to overcome them.

Sustainable Investment Strategies and a New Type of Responsibility for Asset Managers

05 Apr 2023 4 minutes

Sustainable investment is the order of the day. Read on to find out what the most important sustainable investment strategies are, and how important transparency is for asset managers.

What Actually Is an ESG Index?

02 Feb 2023 5 minutes

Sustainability is becoming an increasingly important issue in the financial sector. Investing is no longer just about profitability, but also about an investment’s social and environmental impact. ESG indices can serve as a basis for sustainable investment products. Read below about what an ESG index is and how one comes into being.

Economic Sanctions and the Capital Market: How Financial Institutions Keep Themselves Unscathed

19 Jan 2023 3 minutes

Economic sanctions are being imposed ever more frequently. This also has impacts on the capital market. Read below how financial institutions succeed in keeping track of the sanctions landscape and avoiding fines and reputation damage.

IRS: The World’s Most International Government Agency

15 Jun 2022 5 minutes

The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) played a prominent role in a Hollywood film, got a mob boss arrested and convicted, and also collects taxes from non-US citizens living abroad. Find out how the IRS became famous the world over.

EU ESG Regulations: How Can Financial Institutions Overcome the Upcoming Challenges?

17 May 2022 3 minutes

The EU Taxonomy and SFDR are the single-largest pieces of ESG-related legislation introduced anywhere in the world, and their compliance requirements are equally daunting. Find out what financial institutions now need to know and who can help.

Data Facilitates Markets

27 Apr 2022 3 minutes

Financial information is an ever-growing mainstay in the diversified business portfolio of SIX. But the importance of data goes beyond just being a source of income: Data links different businesses and even industries together. Read how data creates transparency, makes processes more efficient, and enables growth.

Wealth Management in Change: 4 Competencies the Industry Needs to Build for the Future

09 Feb 2022 4 minutes

Like other business areas within the Swiss financial center, wealth management is facing major challenges. What adjustments to the business model are necessary? Find out which competencies will be helpful in connection with data and technology.

Christian Bahr

LIBOR and SARON: What Is the Difference?

06 Jan 2022 3 minutes

The controversial LIBOR standard for reference interest rates will no longer be supported in 2022. SARON, which is calculated by SIX, has provided an alternative for the Swiss franc market since as far back as 2009. What are the advantages of SARON over LIBOR? Christian Bahr, Head Index Services at SIX, explains it in this blogpost.

Inspired by Thomas Tuchel: The Passion for Detail

01 Sep 2021 19 minutes

It is impossible to imagine modern football without numbers, statistics and systems. Christian Bahr, Head of Index Services at SIX, is all the more familiar with them. In our podcast, he tells us what other similarities he has discovered with football coach Thomas Tuchel.

The Future of Data – Is Data Management Sexy Now?

20 Jul 2021 4 minutes

I was once asked at a conference “Is data management sexy now?” AI is sexy. Analytics too. Insights generated from analytics really turn heads. But the key to all this is still the fundamentals of data management and quality. Not so sexy, sadly. Where are we going with data, and how will we get there?

The Future of Sustainable Finance

25 Jun 2021 4 minutes

Sustainable finance is the practice of taking environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations into account when making investment decisions, leading to more sustainable economic activities and projects. Today investment funds that use ESG have more than $50 trillion in capital and are growing fast. Indeed, it may be this tsunami of ESG capital investment that will produce the sort of “stakeholder capitalism” envisioned by the World Economic Forum and the OECD as being the future of trade and investment.

Taxes, Oh Deer!

23 Mar 2021 4 minutes

Swiss citizens must file their annual tax returns by the end of March each year. A light-hearted look at the past, around the world and into the woods just might make this compulsory annual task a bit more bearable.

Inspired by Jeff Bezos: The Power of Risk

20 Jan 2021 24 minutes

Sam Sundera, Head Future Business in the Financial Information business unit of SIX, explains in our podcast how Jeff Bezos inspired him and where SIX can learn from Amazon’s business model.

Risk Indicators: Don’t Pay Twice for the Same Thing

09 Jun 2020 2 minutes

The Product Risk Indicator from SIX closes a gap in the risk rating of certain asset classes. With this easy-to-understand method, banks receive exactly the data they need, no more and no less.

ESG Data for a Better View of the Big Picture

20 May 2020 6 minutes

Alternative data enables investors to value companies also on the basis of non-financial aspects. ESG data, for example, makes it easier to invest in accordance with sustainability criteria – a hot trend at the moment.

Marion Leslie

Data Is the Fuel of Financial Markets

08 May 2020 5 minutes

Marion Leslie has headed the Financial Information business unit at SIX since the start of 2020. In this interview, she talks about how the data business has changed during her career, what the future holds, and what opportunities this presents for SIX.

Sail or Sink: Navigating Sanctions Risk in a Pre-trade Environment

19 Jul 2019 3 minutes

While investing, the environment is getting more and more complex. Taking care of market, credit and change risks is not enough to transact safely; you also need to know if you are investing in sanctions-tainted assets and if those in your portfolio are still okay.

Booming Corporate Actions Volumes – Is There a Solution for the Back Office?

10 Jul 2019 3 minutes

Automation allows cost reductions, but above all a focusing of available specialists on the really important tasks. SIX offers such a solution focused on automation of Corporate Actions.

Big Data: Big Disillusion?

03 May 2019 6 minutes

Hyped, condemned, reprieved. On the tumultuous history of big data and four misconceptions about it.

Fiscal Matters Made Easy: SIX on Tax

22 May 2018 6 minutes

High-quality financial information is the very foundation of what enables banks to comply with increasingly complex and ever-changing tax regulations. SIX supplies this data reliably and even goes beyond that by providing supplemental advanced services concerning tax matters.

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5 Reasons Why You Need Climate Data – Regulation Is Just One of Them

“Quality over Cost” and 2 More Facts on Using Market Data

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4 Reasons Why Artificial Intelligence Hasn’t Revolutionized Post-Trading Yet, but Maybe Will Someday

Explore Related Articles

Read More Articles in This Category

Switzerland’s Most Important Stock-Market Barometer: What Is the SMI?

5 Reasons Why You Need Climate Data – Regulation Is Just One of Them

4 Reasons Why Artificial Intelligence Hasn’t Revolutionized Post-Trading Yet, but Maybe Will Someday

“Quality over Cost” and 2 More Facts on Using Market Data

What Is ESG? And Why Is Everybody Talking about Sustainability?

4 Big Burdens in Dealing with Tax Regulations and How Financial Institutions Can Ease Them

Sustainable Investment Strategies and a New Type of Responsibility for Asset Managers

What Actually Is an ESG Index?

Economic Sanctions and the Capital Market: How Financial Institutions Keep Themselves Unscathed

IRS: The World’s Most International Government Agency

EU ESG Regulations: How Can Financial Institutions Overcome the Upcoming Challenges?

Data Facilitates Markets

Wealth Management in Change: 4 Competencies the Industry Needs to Build for the Future

LIBOR and SARON: What Is the Difference?

Inspired by Thomas Tuchel: The Passion for Detail

The Future of Data – Is Data Management Sexy Now?

The Future of Sustainable Finance

Taxes, Oh Deer!

Inspired by Jeff Bezos: The Power of Risk

Risk Indicators: Don’t Pay Twice for the Same Thing

ESG Data for a Better View of the Big Picture

Data Is the Fuel of Financial Markets

Sail or Sink: Navigating Sanctions Risk in a Pre-trade Environment

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Big Data: Big Disillusion?

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