Switzerland is one of the world's leading centres for private banking and asset management. Relative to the size of the domestic economy, shares of Swiss companies have a disproportionately heavy weighting in European blue-chip indices. By tradition, the securities-related sector of the Swiss financial marketplace has a strong international orientation.

The SWX Group is fully committed to this financial marketplace: it ensures the proper functioning of Switzerland's securities Exchange infrastructure and thus the viability of the country's capital market. The SWX Group affords securities dealers efficient access to both the domestic and the international capital market. Via a number of subsidiary companies and financial holdings, it is active in various business fields and regulatory environments. In addition to Switzerland, it is also present with a recognised stock exchange (virt-x) in London, Europe's most important financial centre. The SWX Swiss exchange and virt-x are the home exchanges and determining markets for internationally leading Swiss companies. The prominence of the participants in these exchanges and the companies traded there contribute to a high degree of liquidity in their respective trading venues. A further market of international significance that the SWX Group makes available to the Swiss financial centre is Eurex, the world's largest exchange for standardised derivatives.

The SWX Group offers its customers a comprehensive range of solutions that address all aspects of domestic and crossborder securities dealings as well as the admission of securities to trading. Thanks to its in-depth knowledge of local and international market conditions, the close involvement of its participants in the strategic and operative decision-making processes, as well as its technological competence, the SWX Group is in a position to develop qualitatively outstanding and cost-effective trading platforms that fulfil the specific needs of market participants.

The SWX is one of the world's most technologically advanced securities exchanges. Though firmly rooted in Switzerland's strong financial centre, the SWX resolutely pursues a strategy focused on internationality. In transnational collaboration, the SWX works with select partners to provide top-rate securities Exchange services. A significant factor in this regard is its broad range of products, but perhaps even more so its integrated, fully electronic trading, clearing and settlement system. With a single click of the mouse, securities orders are executed, cleared, settled and confirmed.

The SWX Swiss Exchange operates Switzerland's national stock exchange as a customer-oriented provider of securities exchange services. Thanks to its technological, operational and regulatory competence, SWX also develops and markets securities exchange services that have helped it to achieve a leading position in select segments of the European capital markets.