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Where to Go Public: Switzerland or the U.S.? These 5 Aspects Are Crucial

04 Apr 2024 5 minutes

Swiss companies that want to go public occasionally face the question of whether to do that in Switzerland or in the U.S. Read below what key factors play a role in deciding and why an exchange listing in Switzerland is often the more sensible route.

Financial Data

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.

Financial Market Infrastructure

SIX Annual Report 2023: Strong Operating Result and Capital Position Despite Value Adjustments

13 Mar 2024 4 minutes

The diversified business model of SIX again proved its value in this demanding environment. Read more about how the positive trend in the operational performance continues.

Financial Market Infrastructure

USD, EUR, CHF & Co.: How Do International Currency Codes Actually Come Into Being?

22 Feb 2024 4 minutes

Clear identification of over 300 different currencies worldwide is crucial to the smooth functioning of financial transactions around the world, and this means that standardized currency codes are needed. Read in this article how they come into being and who determines them.

Financial 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.

Financial Market Infrastructure

Liquidity during a Banking Crisis: How Can Mortgage Certificates Help?

04 Jan 2024 4 minutes

In connection with the Credit Suisse crisis, the Swiss National Bank provided emergency liquidity assistance in March 2023. Read below what register certificates and the mortgages collateralized by them have to do with this and why this is important for all Swiss banks in the future.

Stock Exchanges

Market Abuse: Beware of These 6 Types of Scams

07 Dec 2023 6 minutes

An ancient Greek philosopher cornered the market for olive presses, and an officer proclaimed the alleged death of Napoleon: markets have been repeatedly manipulated throughout history. But what was long considered a trivial offense gets punished severely today. Read below what types of scams you should beware of in your business.

Stock Exchanges

CO2 Offset: How It Works, What It Delivers – and What Has to Change

30 Nov 2023 6 minutes

Many companies buy CO2 certificates to offset their CO2 emissions. How exactly does that work? And how big a benefit does it deliver?

Financial Market Infrastructure

3 Expectations of the Financial Sector for the Future that Were Not to Be Expected

22 Nov 2023 5 minutes

The second edition of the annual Future of Finance study shows increasing optimism among executives in the global financial markets. Read how companies plan to capitalize on this sentiment, including the integration of data and analytics and artificial intelligence.

Stock Exchanges

How Does an ETF Come into Being?

25 Oct 2023 7 minutes

ETFs rank among the most popular of all investment instruments. Read in this blog post why that is, how an ETF originates, and what happens between the initial conception of an ETF and its listing and trading on a securities exchange.

Crypto

The Impact of Distributed Ledger Technology on Asset Trading – 3 Examples

05 Oct 2023 4 minutes

Distributed Ledger Technology is changing the way assets are being traded today. Read how settlement is accelerated and trust is created in a decentralized way and what advantages smart contracts and tokenization have.

Financial Market Infrastructure

The US Will Soon Be Settling Trades within a Day – What Does That Mean for Europe?

03 Aug 2023 5 minutes

From May 2024 in the US trades will be settled within a single work day. There’s now talk in Europe of doing the same. Find out what benefits that might bring, and where the stumbling blocks might be.

Financial Market Infrastructure

Confidence, Transparency, Complexity: This Is How the Buy-Side looks at Digital Assets and ESG Investing

04 Jul 2023 4 minutes

Digital assets have reached a pivotal point in their journey towards mainstream, widespread institutional adoption. The pace and scale at which integration of ESG considerations into investment strategies is now happening across the global investment space is unprecedented. Read on to learn how investment managers recognize the respective growth potential presented by both areas.

Company Growth

Startup ClimateTrade Facilitates the Financing of Projects That Reduce or Eliminate Greenhouse Gas Emissions

06 Jun 2023 2 minutes

In the Elevator Pitch blog series, startup companies that SIX supports or advises introduce themselves. Today, you’ll get to know ClimateTrade. CEO and co-founder Francisco Benedito explains how he and his team approach the pressing problem of climate change.

Financial Data

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.

Stock Exchanges

Exchange-Traded Art: Can We All (Co-)Own a Picasso Now?

13 Apr 2023 4 minutes

For a minimum of 100 euro you’re in luck: the Liechtenstein-based ARTEX enables you to co-own works of art and to trade shares in them. Read below why not even blockchain technology is needed for this and why reliable traditional clearing and settlement mechanisms are used instead.

Financial Data

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.

Stock Exchanges

What Does a Finfluencer Actually Do?

23 Feb 2023 4 minutes

Angela Mygind is a finfluencer known by the pseudonym Miss Finance. She imparts financial knowledge to her audience in an easy-to-understand way on her media channels. How did she set that up? And what does the job of a finfluencer entail? Read on in this blog post to find out.

Crypto

Digital Assets: Let’s Talk about Tokens

16 Feb 2023 4 minutes

Blockchain and distributed ledger technology in general have given birth to a dizzying array of new terminology, including terms like “crypto,” “coin,” and “token.” Learn below what a token is and what types of tokens exist.

Financial Data

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.

Stock Exchanges

What Causes Inflation, and Is It Followed by a Recession?

26 Jan 2023 5 minutes

The prices of many goods have risen in recent months. Talk of inflation is on everyone’s tongue. Read below how inflation originates, when a recession arrives, and what that means for stock markets.

Financial Data

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.

Company Growth

Private Equity vs. Public Equity: Learn about the Different Ways to Capital

12 Jan 2023 5 minutes

If you need money to grow as a company, you can obtain debt capital from a bank. The alternative would be to create equity capital. But how does that work? And what again is the difference between private equity and public equity?

Financial Market Infrastructure

A Safe Place for Assets under Custody – Even in Turbulent Times

22 Nov 2022 4 minutes

Assets need to be safe at all times – not only in crises. In times of change, however, well-thought-out concepts prove particularly successful. Read about the three pillars on which the safe custody of assets at SIX is based.

Financial Market Infrastructure

Future of Finance Study by SIX: Here Are 4 Selected Findings That Will Surprise You

10 Nov 2022 4 minutes

SIX asked executives from the financial industry about their assessment of future developments. Here you can read a selection of the results that were not necessarily expected.

Stock Exchanges

Investing in the Stock Market: 3 Reasons Why You Should Start Today

03 Nov 2022 5 minutes

The economy is trending downward, stock prices are falling, and inflation rates are on the upswing. Read on to discover why, in spite of this – or perhaps because of it – now is a good time to start investing in the stock market.

Crypto

DeFi, DApps, and the Like: How the Financial System Is Becoming Decentralized

29 Sep 2022 4 minutes

Now that the word “blockchain” appears to have crept into everyday parlance, neologisms like “DeFi” and “DApps” are going around these days. Find out in this blog post what they mean and how they’re changing the world of finance.

Stock Exchanges

How Challenges in Equity Research Are Affecting SMEs

22 Jun 2022 5 minutes

Regulatory, technological, and other factors have come together to jeopardize the value of equity research and even its quality. Read this blog post to learn how this is impacting small and medium-sized companies in particular by affecting their liquidity and room for growth.

Company Growth

New IPO Trophies for the Spanish Exchange: with Flying Colors

19 May 2022 2 minutes

The Spanish stock exchange receives two new IPO trophies. Perhaps these “ring a bell” because they are based on the one at the Swiss stock exchange. Read how the two trading venues of SIX are now also growing closer together in terms of external perception.

Financial Data

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.

Financial Data

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.

Stock Exchanges

How Do Stock Exchange Quotes Get on Television?

17 Mar 2022 5 minutes

Every weekday, just before the evening news, Swiss Television presents the latest stock market prices on its financial news show SRF Börse. Where do the quotes actually come from? And how do they get on TV?

Stock Exchanges

Tackling Climate Change: Why Exchanges Play a Crucial Role

15 Mar 2022 3 minutes

In a new whitepaper SIX examined how exchanges can help fight climate change. Read in the following interview, why they play an important role in this regard.

Stock Exchanges

Warrants: 3 Challenges That Issuers Are Facing – and 1 Solution That Helps the Spanish Market to Overcome Them

02 Mar 2022 3 minutes

Warrants are popular, yet the issuance process is saddled with all sorts of problems. Find out why issuers are still struggling nowadays and how the Spanish market has found a way to simplify the workflow tremendously.

Stock Exchanges

Zürich, Switzerland

Financial Literacy: Key to Success

24 Feb 2022 6 minutes

Financial literacy can improve both your understanding, and your ability to use financial skills. What financial literacy means is explained below by Andrea Weidemann, director of the Swiss Finance Museum.

Stock Exchanges

Sustainable Finance: Inspired by Christiana Figueres – A Podcast on the Effect of Stubborn Optimism

16 Feb 2022 20 minutes

Sabine Döbeli, CEO Swiss Sustainable Finance, remembers a time when sustainable financial markets were still a niche topic. Find out why Costa Rican diplomat Christiana Figueres was already an inspiration back then and where the Swiss financial center stands today.

Financial Data

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.

Financial Data

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.

Stock Exchanges

What Can Capital Markets in Latin America Learn from Europe for Their Growth?

04 Jan 2022 3 minutes

Although Latin America does not have a connected capital market like the EU, the region is maturing. Read how capital markets there have recovered in 2021, how they are consolidating, what ESG means for a region dominated by commodities, and what regulation has to do with it.

Stock Exchanges

Daniel Kalt

Have Equity Markets Decoupled from the Real Economy?

17 Nov 2021 6 minutes

Stock exchanges around the world are registering all-time highs in the midst of a pandemic. Equity markets appear to have decoupled from the real economy. UBS Chief Economist Daniel Kalt explains why that impression is misleading, and what’s driving investors to the stock exchanges.

Stock Exchanges

Inspired by Sheryl Sandberg: The Impact of Taking Control

06 Oct 2021 18 minutes

Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, has inspired many women around the world with her book “Lean In.” One of them is the blogger Angela Mygind, better known under her pseudonym “Miss Finance.” In our podcast, she explains why women should take their financial planning into their own hands and why financial literacy is important.

Stock Exchanges

Capital Markets Embrace Sustainability: Three Factors That Drive Inflows Into ESG Assets

09 Sep 2021 4 minutes

Financial market infrastructures like SIX with its stock exchanges in Switzerland and Spain are playing an increasingly important role in helping sustainable companies – or those in transition – obtain financing through the capital markets. The ascendency of ESG-linked assets, i.e. those taking environmental, social or governance factors into account, shows no sign of decelerating. However, some challenges are not yet resolved.

Financial Data

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.

Stock Exchanges

Javier Hernani,

Securities Services: Developing Innovations That Today Shape the Securities Landscape of Tomorrow

27 Jul 2021 6 minutes

Javier Hernani, Head Securities Services at SIX, takes stock in an interim review after his first few months in office. He explains that securities services are more than just post-trade services, and points out the opportunities that an industry in a constant state of regulatory change presents.

Financial Data

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?

Crypto

4 Trends Impacting Exchanges – and 5 Building Blocks They Need to Base Their Strategy for the Future On

15 Jul 2021 5 minutes

In this blog post, Peter T. Golder, Global Head of Commercial at SIX Digital Exchange will look at the trends around digital assets and cryptocurrencies that are likely to shape the future of exchanges.

Stock Exchanges

ETF Trading: When Two Worlds Meet

12 Jul 2021 5 minutes

The term "Exchange Traded Funds" suggests, that the natural trading venue for ETFs is the stock exchange. In practice, however, these products are mainly traded over the counter. The Swiss stock exchange is trying to change this with innovative functionalities.

Stock Exchanges

Prof. Thorsten Hens

When Emotional Investment Is a Bad Thing

06 Jul 2021 7 minutes

Obviously, investors have an objective: returns. But that’s not the only thing that counts. You also have to feel comfortable with your investment strategy. Investing isn’t an exact science. Our investment decisions are governed by psychological factors.

Financial Market Infrastructure

The Rhyme of History

30 Jun 2021 4 minutes

There are parallels, or a rhyme, between the Roaring Twenties and the 2020s, particularly with regard to widening inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth. This situation cannot be remediated by a perpetuated policy of running up debt, but is rectifiable through productivity advancements and a functioning social market economy. This is the only way to succeed in transforming our economy and society to “net zero.”

Financial Data

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.

Stock Exchanges

Microwaves – the Fastest Connection between Data Centers

22 Jun 2021 2 minutes

Stock exchanges around the world are planning to move their data centers. This is making headlines and prompting Gregor Braun, Head Sales Switzerland & Europe at SIX Swiss Exchange, to think about the fastest possible connection between markets: point-to-point, via microwave technology.

Stock Exchanges

ESG Bonds Boom

04 May 2021 3 minutes

Green, Social, and Sustainable Bonds (ESG Bonds) are becoming increasingly relevant on the capital markets. The volume issued is growing exponentially from year to year. With the Swiss Exchange and BME, SIX offers corresponding listing locations and trading venues in Switzerland and Spain.

Financial Market Infrastructure

Inspired by John Law: The End of Banking

28 Apr 2021 17 minutes

Jürg Müller from the think tank Avenir Suisse describes in our podcast how debt and the creation of money are connected. It’s a principle that economist John Law understood – and applied already 300 years ago.

Stock Exchanges

Traders Learning the Ropes

28 Apr 2021 3 minutes

Philippe Kayasseh, Senior Education Specialist at SIX, is jointly responsible for educational and advanced training courses concerning the SIX Swiss Exchange and the financial markets. The course offerings are aimed at traders and reporting agents in and outside Switzerland and include accredited certification and recertification courses.

Financial Data

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.

Crypto

Andréa M. Maechler

What Does Blockchain Mean for Central Banks?

18 Mar 2021 7 minutes

Andréa M. Maechler, member of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank, is closely involved in the future of the Swiss financial market infrastructure. This includes the implications of new technologies. Project Helvetia, for example, is looking at the use of central bank money in transactions involving tokenized assets.

Stock Exchanges

Inspired by Margarete Steiff: The Will to Make It Happen

16 Feb 2021 21 minutes

On our podcast, Andrea Weidemann, Director of the Swiss Finance Museum, tells the moving story of Margarete Steiff and recounts surprising anecdotes about successful entrepreneurs behind historical securities.

Stock Exchanges

Welcome to the Guided Tour of the Madrid Stock Exchange

02 Feb 2021 2 minutes

A new 360-degree virtual guided tour allows visitors to explore the historic building that houses the Madrid Stock Exchange. Walk through different rooms, access information points, and learn about the exciting history of the Madrid Stock Exchange, which has been part of SIX since June 2020.

Financial Data

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.

Crypto

Digital Assets on the Road to Institutionalisation

17 Dec 2020 8 minutes

2020 has been a year dominated by market volatility and uncertainty. Although the Volatility Index (VIX) has since stabilised, public equities have experienced significant price swings over the last ten months as a result of COVID-19. At the same time, aggressive Central Bank measures have meant that interest rates – which were already at historic lows post-financial crisis – are likely to stay that way for the foreseeable future.

Payment Transactions

Great Interest in Implementing OpenWealth API

06 Nov 2020 4 minutes

The participants of the Wealth API Roundtable at the end of October agreed: there needs to be a standardized asset management interface for the Swiss financial center. The first financial institutions are likely to implement the API standard of the OpenWealth initiative as early as next year. There are various questions that need to be clarified before then, including how to securely operationalize and efficiently scale the OpenWealth API.

Payment Transactions

Wealth API – Swiss Financial Institutions at One Table

14 Oct 2020 3 minutes

Summer holidays have passed, and the Swiss open banking has had a dynamic start into the second half of the year. Particular attention was paid by the media to the definition of an API standard within wealth management at the end of September. Now it’s time to put theory into practice. Therefore, SFTI, OpenWealth (orchestrated by Synpulse) and b.Link of SIX are jointly initiating a roundtable for Swiss financial institutions.

Financial Data

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.

Financial Data

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.

Company Growth

IPO – The Birth of a Listed Company

19 May 2020 3 minutes

SoftwareONE, based in Central Switzerland, went public on the Swiss Stock Exchange in 2019. CFO Hans Grüter recounts the exciting and emotional time.

Financial Data

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.

Crypto

Kevin Abosch, Juan Dominguez

Tokenization: Are Works of Art the New Stocks?

26 Mar 2020 10 minutes

Blockchain technology enables trading of digitized assets, a category that can also include non-bankable assets such as real estate and paintings. Technology-savvy conceptual artist Kevin Abosch and Juan Dominguez from the investment platform Maecenas discuss the impacts on the art market.

Financial Data

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.

Financial Data

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.

Financial Data

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.

Company Growth

Capital Markets: Stock Exchanges vs. Crowdfunding & Co.

02 May 2018 6 minutes

Valeria Ceccarelli, Head Primary Markets, SIX, and Lukas Weber, the co-CEO and co-founder of investiere.ch, talk about the future of capital markets, the benefits of communities, and the limitations of crowds.

Stock Exchanges

Corinne Riguzzi

Self-regulation of the Swiss Exchange

20 Dec 2017 3 minutes

Switzerland's self-regulated exchange is something unique in Europe, as most other European countries rely on government authorities to supervise their exchanges. Self-regulation offers advantages for you as a participant in the capital market. It makes the Swiss Exchange an attractive venue for your listing and trading activities.

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Where to Go Public: Switzerland or the U.S.? These 5 Aspects Are Crucial

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

SIX Annual Report 2023: Strong Operating Result and Capital Position Despite Value Adjustments

USD, EUR, CHF & Co.: How Do International Currency Codes Actually Come Into Being?

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

Liquidity during a Banking Crisis: How Can Mortgage Certificates Help?

Market Abuse: Beware of These 6 Types of Scams

CO2 Offset: How It Works, What It Delivers – and What Has to Change

3 Expectations of the Financial Sector for the Future that Were Not to Be Expected

How Does an ETF Come into Being?

The Impact of Distributed Ledger Technology on Asset Trading – 3 Examples

The US Will Soon Be Settling Trades within a Day – What Does That Mean for Europe?

Confidence, Transparency, Complexity: This Is How the Buy-Side looks at Digital Assets and ESG Investing

Startup ClimateTrade Facilitates the Financing of Projects That Reduce or Eliminate Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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

Exchange-Traded Art: Can We All (Co-)Own a Picasso Now?

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

What Does a Finfluencer Actually Do?

Digital Assets: Let’s Talk about Tokens

What Actually Is an ESG Index?

What Causes Inflation, and Is It Followed by a Recession?

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

Private Equity vs. Public Equity: Learn about the Different Ways to Capital

A Safe Place for Assets under Custody – Even in Turbulent Times

Future of Finance Study by SIX: Here Are 4 Selected Findings That Will Surprise You

Investing in the Stock Market: 3 Reasons Why You Should Start Today

DeFi, DApps, and the Like: How the Financial System Is Becoming Decentralized

How Challenges in Equity Research Are Affecting SMEs

New IPO Trophies for the Spanish Exchange: with Flying Colors

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

Data Facilitates Markets

How Do Stock Exchange Quotes Get on Television?

Tackling Climate Change: Why Exchanges Play a Crucial Role

Warrants: 3 Challenges That Issuers Are Facing – and 1 Solution That Helps the Spanish Market to Overcome Them

Financial Literacy: Key to Success

Sustainable Finance: Inspired by Christiana Figueres – A Podcast on the Effect of Stubborn Optimism

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

LIBOR and SARON: What Is the Difference?

What Can Capital Markets in Latin America Learn from Europe for Their Growth?

Have Equity Markets Decoupled from the Real Economy?

Inspired by Sheryl Sandberg: The Impact of Taking Control

Capital Markets Embrace Sustainability: Three Factors That Drive Inflows Into ESG Assets

Inspired by Thomas Tuchel: The Passion for Detail

Securities Services: Developing Innovations That Today Shape the Securities Landscape of Tomorrow

The Future of Data – Is Data Management Sexy Now?

4 Trends Impacting Exchanges – and 5 Building Blocks They Need to Base Their Strategy for the Future On

ETF Trading: When Two Worlds Meet

When Emotional Investment Is a Bad Thing

The Rhyme of History

The Future of Sustainable Finance

Microwaves – the Fastest Connection between Data Centers

ESG Bonds Boom

Inspired by John Law: The End of Banking

Traders Learning the Ropes

Taxes, Oh Deer!

What Does Blockchain Mean for Central Banks?

Inspired by Margarete Steiff: The Will to Make It Happen

Welcome to the Guided Tour of the Madrid Stock Exchange

Inspired by Jeff Bezos: The Power of Risk

Digital Assets on the Road to Institutionalisation

Great Interest in Implementing OpenWealth API

Wealth API – Swiss Financial Institutions at One Table

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

ESG Data for a Better View of the Big Picture

IPO – The Birth of a Listed Company

Data Is the Fuel of Financial Markets

Tokenization: Are Works of Art the New Stocks?

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

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

Fiscal Matters Made Easy: SIX on Tax

Capital Markets: Stock Exchanges vs. Crowdfunding & Co.

Self-regulation of the Swiss Exchange

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