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Chris Landis appointed CEO SIX Swiss Exchange

The Board of Directors of SIX has appointed Christoph Landis as the new Division CEO of SIX Swiss Exchange.

12 November 2015

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SIX Swiss Exchange glitch delays trading

SIX Swiss Exchange has been forced to delay the start of trading by three hours because of a "technical problem".

13 January 2012

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Six Swiss Exchange partners Liquidnet on block-trading platform

Six Swiss Exchange has teamed with buy-side trading network Liquidnet on a platform to let members execute large block trades in European securities.

20 January 2011

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Six Swiss Exchange to move Swiss Block dark pool to SmartPool

SIX Swiss Exchange is to move its Swiss Block dark pool service for Swiss blue chips to SmartPool, following the closure of the Nyfix Euro Millennium platform earlier this week by new owners Nyse Technologies.

02 December 2009

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LCH.Clearnet agrees competitive clearing deals

Just days after revealing swinging price cuts, LCH.Clearnet has stepped up the pressure on rivals by agreeing new competitive clearing offerings for European MTFs Bats Europe, Chi-X, Turquoise and Nyse Arca Europe.

07 May 2009

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SIX Swiss Exchange completes migration to new platform

SIX Swiss Exchange has completed member migration to its new SWXess platform, which went live in February.

24 April 2009

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Swiss Exchange starts migration to new trading platform

SIX Swiss Exchange has gone live with its new SWXess modular trading platform, starting a migration period that gives member banks until April 9 to move off the old SWX platform. Swiss Bank BEKB | BCBE has become the first bank to connect to the FIX-based standard interface module, using the GLOX7 trading connectivity solution from GlobalXTrade.

18 February 2009

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Swiss Exchange to close SWX Europe with the loss of 40 jobs

In a move that marks the end of a seven-year presence as a recognised investment exchange in London for the Swiss group, SIX Swiss Exchange will close SWX Europe and reunify share trading in Zurich by mid-2009 in an effort to streamline operations and cut costs.

11 November 2008

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Eurex outlines CDS clearing proposal

Derivatives exchange Eurex has unveiled its proposal for establishing a central clearing system for the over-the-counter (OTC) credit markets which it says has "received support from European authorities".

13 October 2008

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Credit crunch sparks tech crunch as bank buy-outs escalate

The purchase of Lehman Brothers' North American investment banking business by UK bank Barclays will include most of the defunct institution's technology, according to early reports.

18 September 2008

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SWX fines SocGen for trader violations

French banking group Société Générale (SocGen) has been fined SFr30,000 by SWX Swiss Exchange for failing to monitor its traders and allowing unregistered users to access the exchange's systems.

02 May 2008