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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.

People & Culture

“We Can Achieve a Great Deal, but When It Comes to Sustainability, Everyone Has to Pitch In.”

24 Sep 2023 4 minutes

As a key player in the financial markets, SIX promotes the sustainable and responsible development of the financial markets. Read on to discover how Fabienne Strobel, Head Sustainability at SIX wants to take sustainability within the company to the next level.

Company Growth

Sustainability Reporting: No Longer Optional

31 Aug 2023 4 minutes

Sustainability reports have gone from being a nice-to-have to a must-have. Read below how far sustainability reporting has evolved and who is affected by the recent regulatory changes in the European Union. Spoiler alert! – they also apply to companies outside the EU.

Financial Data

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?

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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?

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

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.

Stock Exchanges

“Investing in Gender Equality Is Key For Sustainable Development.”

17 Nov 2020 6 minutes

Impact investing is a trending topic. As a specific form of impact investing gender lens investing focuses particularly on gender equality and the inclusion of women in the economy. How does this topic influence the financial industry? What are the social and economic impacts when investing with a gender lens? And how does it pay off for investors? SIX asked three experts on the subject at a panel discussion in Zurich.

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.

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.

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

“We Can Achieve a Great Deal, but When It Comes to Sustainability, Everyone Has to Pitch In.”

Sustainability Reporting: No Longer Optional

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

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

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

What Actually Is an ESG Index?

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

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

Data Facilitates Markets

Tackling Climate Change: Why Exchanges Play a Crucial Role

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

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

The Future of Data – Is Data Management Sexy Now?

The Rhyme of History

The Future of Sustainable Finance

ESG Bonds Boom

“Investing in Gender Equality Is Key For Sustainable Development.”

ESG Data for a Better View of the Big Picture

Data Is the Fuel of Financial Markets

#sustainable finance

Read all articles about: sustainable finance

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

“We Can Achieve a Great Deal, but When It Comes to Sustainability, Everyone Has to Pitch In.”

Sustainability Reporting: No Longer Optional

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

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

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

What Actually Is an ESG Index?

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

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

Data Facilitates Markets

Tackling Climate Change: Why Exchanges Play a Crucial Role

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

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

The Future of Data – Is Data Management Sexy Now?

The Rhyme of History

The Future of Sustainable Finance

ESG Bonds Boom

“Investing in Gender Equality Is Key For Sustainable Development.”

ESG Data for a Better View of the Big Picture

Data Is the Fuel of Financial Markets

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