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  • SIX Trading Key Figures: August 2020

    Date 01/09/2020

    In August 2020 trading turnover on the Swiss Stock Exchange was down 19.5% compared to the previous month and reached CHF 96.0 billion, while the number of transactions decreased by 17.4% to a total of 6,082,527. In comparison with the corresponding period last year, trading turnover was up by 28.4% to reach CHF 1,236.2 billion, while the number of trades rose by 74.1% to a total of 69,865,927. The SMI® rose by 1.3% and reached 10,135.6 points at the end of August.

  • François-Louis Michaud Starts Today As New EBA Executive Director

    Date 01/09/2020

    François-Louis Michaud has started today his new role as Executive Director of the European Banking Authority (EBA). Michaud, who was confirmed in this role after a plenary vote in the European Parliament on 8 July 2020, will serve a five-year renewable term.

  • SIX Welcomes New Trading Participant - Credit Suisse International Joins The Swiss Stock Exchange, The Highly Liquid Reference Market For Swiss Securities

    Date 01/09/2020

    Today, Credit Suisse International started trading on SIX. Gregor Braun, Head Sales Switzerland & Europe, commented: “We are happy to welcome our new member and wish him successful trading on the Swiss Stock Exchange.” At present, 94 participants enjoy the outstanding order book quality as well as the technologically leading and reliable trading infrastructure of the Swiss Stock Exchange.

  • BIS: Data Vs Collateral

    Date 01/09/2020

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    Collateral is used in debt contracts to mitigate the difficulties ("agency problems") that arise when the lender's knowledge of the borrower is incomplete ("asymmetric information"). Banks usually require borrowers to pledge tangible assets, such as real estate, to help offset such problems in credit assessment, or to reduce moral hazard and enforcement problems. By contrast, large technology firms ("big techs") can use massive amounts of data ("big data") to better assess firms' creditworthiness. These capabilities could help to reduce the importance of collateral in solving asymmetric information problems in credit markets.

  • LBMA, Bank Of England And Commercial Vaults: Increased Transparency Of London Gold Holdings

    Date 01/09/2020

    LBMA, the Bank of England and the commercial Vaults (Brink’s, HSBC, ICBC Standard Bank, JP Morgan, Loomis and Malca Amit) announced today that they will publish the gold and silver holdings of the vaults in London with a one-month lag. These figures provide an important insight into London’s durability and reinforce the underlying strength of the physical OTC Market.