SIX Swiss Exchange: SLS With Growing Client Base - Bank Vontobel Starts Trading In SLS, The SIX Swiss Exchange Liquidnet Service, And Joins The Largest Pool Of Buy-Side Block Liquidity In Europe.

SLS connects participants of SIX Swiss Exchange with a community of over 830 buy-side institutions actively trading more than 3'100 large-, mid- and small-cap stocks across Switzerland as well as Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Gregor Braun, Head Product Sales at SIX Swiss Exchange, commented: "We are happy that Vontobel decided to connect to SLS and is now able to enjoy the price improvement and minimal market impact our service offers."

Peter Camenzind, Head of Transaction Banking at Vontobel, added: "The steady increase in non-displayed trading across Europe has bolstered demand from our clients. By joining SLS, we can offer them access to genuine block liquidity. Vontobel's expansion into this additional pool of liquidity gives our clients further access to block volume, while providing additional and direct access to more than 16 European markets."

SLS is offered in partnership with Liquidnet and offers members the opportunity to route committed orders to the deepest and most developed block trading pool in Europe. The service has been available since 2011 and offers unrivalled average execution sizes. SLS is also the only block offering in Europe available within a regulated exchange environment.

The SIX Swiss Exchange website provides more information on Trading without pre-trade transparency and the benefits of becoming a participant on SIX Swiss Exchange.