A Unique Market with Outstanding Liquidity
As a participant on the Swiss Stock Exchange, you gain access to over 60,000 securities, including some of Europe’s most important blue-chip stocks such as Nestlé, Roche and Novartis.
As the reference market for this unique universe of securities, the Swiss Stock Exchange offers you the best order-book quality for Swiss securities, even at the largest volumes. The average size of trades in SMI securities is more than twice that of alternative trading platforms. And there are many more good reasons to trade with us.
And, you can also rely on some of the world’s most advanced trading technology, innovative trading services as well as first-class services and expert support. Because on the Swiss Stock Exchange, the future of trading is now.
Joining the Exchange: Easy and Efficient
We want new participants to start trading as soon as possible, so we designed our onboarding process to ensure rapid access to the exchange. Admission can be completed in as little as four weeks. Our specialists are always available to guide you through the process from setting up your trading infrastructure to testing and go-live. They will also help you select the most appropriate connectivity option for your business, your trading strategies and your level of market activity. Support from our experts is available on your premises or through our helpdesk.
World-Class Trading Technology
The Swiss Stock Exchange runs X-stream INET, one of the world’s fastest and most advanced trading technologies. Offering an average latency of just 14 microseconds, efficient risk management, and outstanding capacity reserves, X-stream INET enables you to instantly implement your investment decisions.
Thanks to a wide range of interfaces and connectivity options to access the trading platform, both speed and capacity can be scaled to individual requirements.
Our Exceptional Securities Universe
On the Swiss Stock Exchange you get to trade across our exceptional range of attractive segments including: equities, bonds, Exchange Traded Funds, Sponsored Funds, Exchange Traded Products, traditional investment funds, and structured products.
Latest News
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Guest Article: Investment Ideas for 2023
VanEck's latest guest article presents investment ideas for the new year that are worth considering despite geopolitical and economic turmoil.
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CEO Talk with Christian Reuss
In the show on business and financial topics broadcast on Swiss TV channels, Christian Reuss, Head SIX Swiss Exchange, talks about the core functions of the stock exchange, the current trading environment and the integration of ESG into the investment process.
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B1G Numbers January 2023: Key Figures from SIX Swiss Exchange
SIX Swiss Exchange publishes its “B1G Numbers” to provide the market and wider public with information on the trading and listing activity.
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ETF Market Report: 4th Quarter 2022
Discover the latest figures about the growth of the ETF segment at SIX Swiss Exchange, one of Europe’s top 3 ETF venues – including statistics for Quote on Demand (QOD).
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Creating a Positive Momentum: How Stock Exchanges Contribute to Social Change
In an interview, Thomas Zeeb, Global Head Exchanges at SIX, outlines how stock exchanges have contributed to improving sustainability practices within the global financial ecosystem, driving capital flows towards more responsible investments. Furthermore, he outlines how distributed ledger technology (DLT) has the potential to support compliance activities.
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SIX Swiss Exchange Reaches Record 1,700 ETFs
With over 1,700 ETFs, SIX Swiss Exchange offers investors more options than ever before and strengthens its position as one of the top 3 ETF venues in Europe.
Resources
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Quality Begins with an Attractive Range of Services
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Membership Onboarding Process
Thanks to our highly efficient onboarding process, it is possible for institutions to start trading on SIX within just four weeks.
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Application Form for SIX Swiss Exchange AG
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Trading Tariff on SIX Swiss Exchange
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Application Form for General Clearing Member
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Application Form for Market Maker and Liquidity Provider on Swiss Stock Exchange
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Application Form for Reporting Members
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Application Form for Application Service Provider
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Application Form for Independent Software Vendor
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Resignation Form Independent Software Vendor
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CCP SIX x-clear for SIX - CSSI Notification Form
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LCH CSSI Notification Form
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Cboe Clear Europe CSSI Notification and Statement of Authority | v3.14
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Registration as a Recognised Intermediary
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Suspension of a Non Clearing Member (NCM) by the General Clearing Member (GCM)
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Power of Attorney Cboe Clear Europe
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Power of Attorney LCH
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Application for Clearing Prevention
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FINMA Application Regulated
For the use of the SWXess trading platform, various fees are charged to trading participants and reporting members.
For details on SIX fees, please refer to the following Lists of Charges:
SIX charges annual participation fees. For a direct access to the Exchange system, an additional access fee is charged.
SIX also charges a fee for all on-Exchange transactions and a reporting fee for the reception and processing of Trade Reports. The amount of the trading fee is calculated per transaction and participant and depends on the given participant's total trading turnover (money involved; ad valorem fee) and number of transactions.
For certain product segments, SIX makes available special trading capacity in the form of quotes per second (QPS), FIX transactions per second (FTPS) or OUCH transactions per second (OTPS). In return for payment of a monthly capacity fee, SIX can allocate additional trading capacity (QPS, FTPS or OTPS) for use by the participant.
Under certain circumstances, extraordinary fees, such as supervision and investigation fees, are payable.