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Financial Market Infrastructure

The Plumbing of the Financial Sector: How Does the Repo Market Work?

19 Dec 2024 4 minutes

The repo market discreetly ensures that liquidity is available exactly where it is needed. It is crucial to a well-functioning financial system. In this blog post, we shed light on how the repo market works and explain its significance and its interest-rate mechanisms.

Financial Data

ESG Ratings: Who Assigns Them? How Do They Originate? And Why Are They Important?

12 Dec 2024 5 minutes

ESG ratings are scores that shed light on how sustainably companies operate. Learn in this blog post how ESG ratings originate and what purpose they serve.

Stock Exchanges

An IPO Is Just the Beginning: Why Success Stories on the Stock Market Get Written over Years

07 Nov 2024 4 minutes

A long-term listing on a stock exchange brings numerous benefits, as vividly exemplified by the companies Emmi and Telefónica, both of which are celebrating a round anniversary of their respective IPOs this year. Read in this blog post why a listing on a stock exchange pays off beyond the raising of capital.

Payment Transactions

Are ATMs Unprofitable? How Banks Can Continue to Satisfy the Swiss Public’s Fondness for Cash

04 Jul 2024 4 minutes

Although cash transactions have been sharply on the decline in recent years, people in Switzerland still want to continue to use cash. But the decreasing number of cash transactions makes operating automated teller machines (ATMs) unprofitable for many banks. What can they do to change that?

Financial Data

Why Financial Institutions Should Automate Corporate Actions Processing

14 Jun 2024 4 minutes

Corporate actions play an important role in the financial industry and a single missed corporate action will result in financial loss as well as reputational loss. However, gathering and processing corporate actions data often presents a tough challenge. Why is that? And what can financial institutions do about it?

Stock Exchanges

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 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.

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.

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

Cybersecurity: Inspired by Hiro Protagonist – A Podcast on the Reality of Science Fiction

19 Dec 2022 20 minutes

Florian Schütz, the Federal Cybersecurity Delegate, coordinates the national strategy for the protection of Switzerland against cyberrisks. Find out in our podcast how, together with banks, insurance companies and infrastructure providers such as SIX, he is increasing the cyberresilience of the financial center and what a cyberpunk novel from the 1990s has to do with it.

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

A More Secure Internet: Inspired by Ansel Adams – A Podcast on the Improvement of the Status Quo

25 May 2022 20 minutes

Adrian Perrig, professor of Computer Science at ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich), wants to use SCION technology to improve the internet. Listen to our podcast to find out how landscape photographer Ansel Adams, of all people, was his inspiration.

Financial Market Infrastructure

Stability in Times of Crisis – How SIX Ensures the Continuity of Its Business

21 Jan 2022 2 minutes

SIX is the backbone of the Swiss and Spanish financial centers, and its services are essential to both economies. The Business Continuity Management unit at SIX ensures the availability of these services – even during times of crisis.

Financial Market Infrastructure

5 Reasons Why Financial Market Infrastructure Is in the Spotlight

05 May 2021 3 minutes

For a long time, financial market infrastructure providers (FMIs) such as SIX were considered within the financial industry as boring, something you needed to have, and never garnered much recognition. Recently, however, FMIs have been getting increasing attention within the industry. Some even say that things have changed for good. FMIs have become the new stars in the financial market industry. Here’s why.

Financial Market Infrastructure

Cyber security: Attackers Are the Best Form of Defense

25 Apr 2018 5 minutes

Israeli cyber security expert Keren Elazari recommends that every enterprise enlist the services of hackers. She knows what she’s talking about – she was once a hacker herself.

Payment Transactions

Terravis – a Building Block for Digitalizing Switzerland

28 Feb 2018 3 minutes

The vision is a textbook example of Swiss moderation and understatement: to digitalize and automate mortgage, notarial and land registry services. In reality, the Terravis platform created by SIX is an essential building block in the process of digitalization in Switzerland. Nothing more, nothing less.

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Read all articles about: stability

The Plumbing of the Financial Sector: How Does the Repo Market Work?

ESG Ratings: Who Assigns Them? How Do They Originate? And Why Are They Important?

An IPO Is Just the Beginning: Why Success Stories on the Stock Market Get Written over Years

Are ATMs Unprofitable? How Banks Can Continue to Satisfy the Swiss Public’s Fondness for Cash

Why Financial Institutions Should Automate Corporate Actions Processing

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

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

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

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

Cybersecurity: Inspired by Hiro Protagonist – A Podcast on the Reality of Science Fiction

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

A More Secure Internet: Inspired by Ansel Adams – A Podcast on the Improvement of the Status Quo

Stability in Times of Crisis – How SIX Ensures the Continuity of Its Business

5 Reasons Why Financial Market Infrastructure Is in the Spotlight

Cyber security: Attackers Are the Best Form of Defense

Terravis – a Building Block for Digitalizing Switzerland

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