Marion Leslie, Head Financial Information & member of Executive Board, SIX, highlighted: With Orenda we have found the right partner with unique expertise in alternative data sets, data science and ESG. As we bring our capabilities and the expertise of our teams together, we see a lot of opportunities to build new propositions supporting the…
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Multi-asset broker Exness will be taking part in the iFEX virtual expo on the 10th and 11th of February as a strategic sponsor. The first financial virtual expo in the MENA region will attract attendees from leading brands in the online trading, fintech, banking, digital assets, blockchain, and payments sphere, in a full-scale, highly immersive…
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Having drawn data from Inrate, SIX has now announced its offering of two SPI ESG indices for equities and 20 new SBI ESG indices available for bonds, all based on the Swiss Performance Index. For a company to fall within the indices, it must have an ESG Impact Rating of a minimum of a C+,…
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Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) filed criminal complaint on Thusrday against one of its employees for suspected insider trading in payments company Wirecard. BaFin said that the employee of the securities supervision department sold structured products based on Wirecard on 17 June 2020. The date is one day before Wirecard’s auditor EY found that 1.9…
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Daniel Schmucki has served as CFO of SIX since 2017. Schmucki is also a member of the Boards of Directors of Bolsas y Mercados Españoles, Madrid, and Worldline SA, Paris, Chairman of the Vereinigung Schweizerischer Finanzchefs (Association of Swiss Chief Financial Officers, VSF), Zurich, and a member of the Board of Directors of Zurich Zoo,…
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Christian Reuss, Head SIX Swiss Exchange, Markets, SIX commented: We are pleased to welcome Exane as a long-standing provider of innovative structured products among our issuers. By listing their products on our exchange they are offering investors an additional diversification opportunity. Julien Morizot, Head of Exane Derivatives Sales expressed his added: We have chosen to…
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Thursday’s session began under the spell of risk-on, following Wednesday’s inauguration of the 46th President of the United States. Joe Biden’s presidency promises the deployment of a massive fiscal stimulus package as well as greater harmony between the Treasury and the Fed, with the central bank’s monetary policy likely to remain dovish for the foreseeable…
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The new CoinShares physical bitcoin ETP is available in four trading currencies. With it investors on the Swiss Stock Exchange now have a selection of 22 Bitcoin ETPs and structured products, while the number of ETP issuers rises to seven, following the recent arrival of ETC Group on 13 January 2021. Trading turnover in crypto…
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Trades in QOD are published immediately after execution, further strengthening post-trade transparency. Trade execution reports will also be made available on the business day following the execution. ETFs were increasingly traded over-the-counter in the past. With this addition to the existing order book, QOD offers investors the opportunity to trade ETFs in a bidding process…
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Both new members have an extensive experience in leading positions across various organizations and sectors, particularly in the international financial industry and the Spanish market. The appointment of the two new members to the Board of Directors represents another step for SIX in the integration of its new subsidiary BME. The exchange is deepening its…
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