Business Fields

SWX Europe offers a range of business activities comprising admission to trading, electronic order book trading, trade reporting services in Swiss securities, pan-European securities, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs).

• Admission of securities to trading
  SWX Europe admits securities to trading where they have been admitted to listing by a Competent Authority for Listing.
• Electronic trading
  SWX Europe offers electronic trading in Swiss and pan-European blue chips as well as ETFs. It also offers a unique CCP facility with a choice of clearing and settlement locations - the only European exchange to do so.
  • Swiss blue chip market
    Via SWX Europe, Swiss blue chip companies have direct access to the global players in investment banking. Thus they have the whole liquidity pool at the tips of their fingers. Trading on SWX Europe is conducted on the basis of listing on the SIX Swiss Exchange and the regulatory conditions applicable in Great Britain.
    
  • Pan-European blue chip market
    More than 250 European blue chips can be traded cross-border on SWX Europe. In doing so, members have the choice of clearing their transactions through either SIS x-clear or LCH.Clearnet. They may also choose the settlement location: Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited, Euroclear Bank and SIS SegaInterSettle. This allows members to select the best possible infrastructure in terms of price or suitability with their business model. Thanks to the automation of cross-border clearing and settlement, SWX Europe affords a significant reduction in the ancillary costs involved in international securities trading as well as simplification of the related processes.
  • ETF market
    SWX Europe provides issuers with a low-cost solution for the admission of ETFs to trading in the UK. Trading ETFs on SWX Europe ensures that investors benefit from SWX Europe’s flexible and integrated trading and settlement model and provides issuers with access to a pan-European liquidity pool.