SIX Swiss Exchange is launching dividend indices on the SMI®, SMIM® and SLI® today, 4 May 2009.
Dividend indices serve as underlying instruments for standardized products and can be used by institutional investors to mitigate dividend risk.
The new SIX Swiss Exchange indices are calculated by converting the dividend payments on the SMI, SMIM and SLI share indices into index dividend points. They will be published daily after the close of trading. The dividend indices will be reset to zero points each year after the third Friday in December (Eurex expiry date).
Overview of core data:
| Dividend index | ISIN | Symbol | Base index |
| SMI® Dividend Points | CH0049815704 | SMIDP | SMI® Swiss Market Index, price |
| SMIM® Dividend Points | CH0049815712 | SMIMDP | SMIM® (SMI MID), price |
| SLI® Dividend Points | CH0049815720 | SLIDP | SLI® Swiss Leader Index, price |
Eurex, the German-Swiss futures exchange, introduced a very successful futures contract on the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50® dividend index as early as last year.
