SIX Exchanges Figures December and Full Year 2023

January 3, 2024. ZURICH, Switzerland

SIX publishes the monthly key figures of SIX Swiss Exchange and BME Exchange on trading and listing activities in Switzerland and Spain.

Key Figures SIX Swiss Exchange

• Trading turnover full year 2023: CHF 1,046.3 billion (previous year: CHF 1,208.1 bn) with 46,094,349 transactions (60,810,665).

• Swiss blue chip index SMI® at 11,137.8 points (+3.8% versus the end of 2022)

• 10 companies completed successful listings

• 5 new product issuers and 1 trading participant joined

In the year 2023, ten companies chose to issue and list equity securities on SIX Swiss Exchange – with an aggregated transaction volume of around CHF 2.2 billion equivalent. The highlight of the year was the listing of Sandoz, the spin-off from Novartis, with a market capitalization of around CHF 10.5 billion. As the novelty of the year, R&S Group can be named as the company listed at SIX Swiss Exchange via a business combination with VT5 Acquisition Company, the first SIX-listed Swiss Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC). And in addition, [eight] Chinese issuers listed Global Depository Receipts (GDRs) raising around USD 2.4 billion. Equally important is the fact that companies that are already listed made active use of the Swiss capital market and were able to raise around CHF 8.3 billion via equity capital increases in the past year (CHF 7.0 billion in 2022).

Around CHF 116 billion (CHF 114 billion in 2022) were raised by debt capital instruments (bonds and money market papers), out of which bonds raised an equivalent amount of CHF 116 billion (CHF 110 billion in 2022), exceeding the CHF 100 billion mark for the second time in a row. In total, the bond segment saw 436 new listings (393 in 2022), of which around 90% were denominated in Swiss Francs.

In the product segments, five new issuers joined SIX Swiss Exchange over the course of the year: the ETF issuers AXA Investment Managers and First Trust, the ETP issuer CAT Financial Products as well as the two investment fund issuers Zurich Invest Ltd and Sustainable Real Estate AG, adding two more real estate funds to the existing offering of 46 actively managed investment funds. In 2023, the number of both ETFs and structured products available to investors reached new records, with 1,700 and 60,000 respectively. For the first time, the number of newly listed structured products in a year passed the 100,000 threshold, reaching 102,504 (2022: 95,207), while 150 new ETFs were listed. 

Key Figures BME Exchange

• The Spanish Exchange closed the year with 2.29 billion trades, 2.1% more than in 2022, and a capitalization of 1.2 trillion, up 16.8% on the previous year  

• Fixed Income markets channeled EUR 405 billion of new funding, up 8.7%, boosted by the new Securities Markets Act 

• New members and more functionalities in the MEFF Derivatives market 

The Spanish equities market closed the year with 2.29 million trades, 2.1% more than in December 2022. The cumulative effective volume traded through December was 301.2 billion euros. At December 31, the Spanish stock market had a capitalization of 1.2 trillion, up 16.8% on the previous year. The IBEX35® also followed this positive trend, rising by 22.8%. Including dividends distributed, the index's total return reached 28%. Capital increases amounted to 4,245 million euros (5,572 million in 2022). 

BME Growth added 10 new companies, 3 of which were SOCIMIS. Companies already listed on this market raised more than 540 million euros in capital increases. To continue supporting companies at all stages of their growth, BME launched BME Scaleup, a market aimed at companies in the early stages of development. 

BME's Fixed Income markets channeled more than €405 billion of new financing to the public and private sector, 8.7% more than in 2022. Particularly relevant for the AIAF Market was the entry into force in September of the new Securities Markets Law, which transferred to BME certain powers in admission to trading, facilitating issuance in the regulated market. Since then, new issues of bonds and promissory notes have been registered by Caixabank, Bankinter, Banco Santander, BBVA Global Markets, Abanca, Unicaja Banco, Banco Sabadell and Deutsche Bank. Meanwhile, the MARF, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in October, continued to grow with the debut of 12 new companies and more than 15 billion euros issued, 11.6% more than in 2022.  

The MEFF Derivatives market successfully implemented new functionalities in retail trading and introduced new features in options on the IBEX 35®. In addition, new members joined both the financial derivatives (TP ICAP Europe) and energy derivatives (Pavilion Energy Spain) segments, improving the overall diversity and competitiveness of the market. 

Detailed statistics on turnover and transaction volumes per segment compared with the previous month and previous year, on newly listed products and on the development of the most important indices can be found in the tables below. The website of SIX Swiss Exchange provides you with full access to our complete information offering. We provide you with the latest market data and comprehensive statistics for our entire securities universe. This includes order book information, prices, volumes and turnover figures as well as historical data and statistics. We also provide official notices of listed companies, management transactions and other relevant information to ensure safe and transparent trading. Discover more.

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Indonesia Launches World’s First State-Backed Cryptocurrency Bourse

July 25, 2023. JAKARTA, Indonesia

On July 20, 2023, Indonesia officially launched the world’s first state-backed cryptocurrency bourse.

Written by Ayman Falak Medina

On July 20, 2023, Indonesia officially launched the world’s first state-backed cryptocurrency bourse, supervised by the Commodities Futures Trading Supervisory Agency. Local company PT Kliring Berjangka Indonesia was appointed as the futures clearing house for the settlement of crypto assets while another local company, PT Tennet Depository Indonesia, was appointed as the crypto asset storage manager.

The new bourse will list licensed cryptocurrency companies, such as Binance, Ripple, Ethereum, Tether, and Bitcoin.

Through the bourse, the Indonesian government is aiming to strengthen the regulatory environment for the country’s booming cryptocurrency sector and develop a safe and fair crypto trading ecosystem. Although the government currently prohibits the use of cryptocurrencies as a payment medium, the government does allow investments in cryptocurrency. According to the Commodities Futures Trading Supervisory Agency, Indonesia has an estimated 17 million cryptocurrency users.

Increasing cryptocurrency transaction volume

Indonesia saw crypto trading reach US$56 billion in 2021, a significant increase from the US$4.6 billion recorded in 2020. This increase was attributed to Indonesian regulators permitting cryptocurrencies to be traded as commodities in 2019 as well as the investment boom during the height of the pandemic in 2021. The crypto volume traded in 2021 reached US$19 billion and US$4.42 billion during the first half of 2023. The dampening demand in crypto was influenced by rising interest rates in recent months.

New regulatory changes to Indonesia’s cryptocurrency sector

The Commodities Futures Trading Supervisory Agency issued Regulation 8/2022 in November 2022, under which businesses need to obtain a crypto exchange provider (CEP) license. The new requirements for a CEP enterprise are as follows:

• Have a minimum paid-up capital of 100 billion rupiah (US$6.6 million);

• Maintain equity of at least 50 billion (US$3.3 million);

• Possess an online trading platform that can facilitate the trading of crypto assets linked to futures clearing institutions and future exchanges;

• The company must have an organizational structure that includes the following divisions;

  • Audit;

  • Legal;

  • IT;

  • Customer service;

  • Accounting and finance; and

• Must have at least one employee who is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional;

• A CEP holder can only own up to 20 percent of another CEP’s shares;

• Foreign ownership is only allowed for one CEP or prospective CEP;

• The CEP must have at least three board of Directors, of which two-thirds must be Indonesian citizens;

• The CEP must have at least three boards of Commissioners, of which two-thirds must be Indonesian citizens; and

• The CEP must submit periodic reports, business plan reports, and business achievement reports to the Commodities Futures Trading Supervisory Agency.

Notably, the Commodities Futures Trading Supervisory Agency will not issue a license if the business does not establish a local entity in Indonesia.

Opportunities in Indonesia’s financial technology sector

Indonesia’s fintech industry is one of the most competitive and dynamic in Southeast Asia, having produced four unicorns and one decacorn so far.

The fintech industry is one of the most funded sectors in the country — along with e-commerce — and is dominated by peer-to-peer (P2P) lending (50 percent) and e-payment (23 percent) platforms. Despite having hundreds of fintech companies operating in Indonesia, foreign investors will find the industry has yet to fulfill its potential. One of the factors is that 60 percent of the country’s workforce is in the informal sector, and many micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) have little access to financing from banks, as they too are mostly operating in the informal sector.

According to the e-Conomy South East Asia Report of 2022, Indonesia accounts for 40 percent of the total US$77 billion in digital transactions in Southeast Asia.

P2P lending

Many local MSMEs have business models that are not compatible with the characteristics of the banking sector’s financial products. That includes aspects such as payment terms for loan schemes, forms of collateral, and credit quality, among others.

Foreign fintech firms can plug this gap through new financing models that have the potential to serve Indonesia’s 47 million underbanked and 92 million unbanked adults. As of 2020, P2P lending reached US$7.7 billion from over 102 fintech companies officially listed by the Financial Services Authority (OJK). This covered over 26 million borrowers throughout the country.

E-wallets

Electronic money transactions rose by 173 percent in 2020 and have become indispensable to Indonesian consumers. The country is predicted to be the next battleground for digital payment apps, with Indonesia possessing many of the key characteristics critical for adopting digital payment systems.

Some 196 million people in Indonesia have access to the internet and the smartphone penetration rate is 60 percent; above the ASEAN region’s 51 percent. Moreover, the middle class now comprises 20 percent of the population, a key segment in the growth of the digital economy.

For foreign investors in the e-wallet industry, it is essential that they deliver a customer-centric experience to allow customers to pay with the local payment method of their choice, ranging from mobile banking to payments via convenience stores. This is because while Indonesia has a high smartphone penetration rate, a sizeable portion of its population is unbanked.

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LME enriches ESG data source in collaboration with global metals community

09 Oct 2023. LONDON

The London Metal Exchange (LME) is collaborating with producers and standards bodies around the world on enriching its digital ESG data platform, LMEpassport.

LMEpassport will provide the metals community with access to comparable, verified and wide-ranging sustainability credentials and data regarding global producers.

Georgina Hallett, LME Chief Sustainability Officer, commented: “ESG data transparency and comparability are vital components in addressing industry level sustainability challenges. We’re delighted that already more than 50% of LME-listed brands are now sharing sustainability credentials on LMEpassport and we’ve recently added 12 new sets of certifications, metrics and standards against which producers are able to disclose. Galvanising our industry to advance the global sustainability agenda is a core part of the LME’s strategic focus and we look forward to further collaborating with our industry partners.”

LMEpassport now lists a total of 466 disclosures from 219 brands (compared to just 22 when launched in 2021), with 54 available certifications, standards and metrics across the ESG spectrum. Additionally, producers are now able to show a broad range of sustainability-related targets and commitments and, importantly, track their progress against them. In response to increasing engagement and data, a new side-by-side viewing functionality has been introduced on LMEpassport, enabling users to compare up to five producers’ ESG disclosures simultaneously.

The LME collaborated with the following producers and standards bodies on building out additional credentials, features and disclosures and will continue to work with them and all its listed brands on evolving ESG data transparency across the metals industry.

• Boliden

Sven Hjelmstedt, Director Sales: “The green transition begins with green metals and the LMEpassport provides us with a comprehensive picture of the sustainability performance directly linked to our LME brands. We are welcoming additional data transparency, enabling us to add commitments and targets as we aim to lead the industry’s transition. We're therefore excited to be part of this particular development.”

• China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals & Chemicals Importers & Exporters (CCCMC)

Sun Lihui, Director of Development Department: “We are pleased to participate in and witness the formulation and implementation of the London Metal Exchange's Responsible Sourcing Policy. We look forward to working together to promote responsible sourcing and sustainable development in the global metal industry. The Chinese Due Diligence Guidelines for Mineral Supply Chain (Second Edition), as LME-approved standard for track A, will continue to provide supply chain assessment services for metal industry enterprises, promote them to identify the supply chain risks and take appropriate mitigation measures, support them in strengthening supply chain due diligence management to meet LME’s requirements. We also encourage enterprises to actively disclose sustainable development information in environmental, social, and governance aspects through transparent communication and cooperation with industry chain partners, and are committed to establishing an inclusive, sustainable, and responsible global metal supply chain.”

• Cobalt Institute

Tom Fairlie, Senior Sustainability Manager: “Transparent communication and interpretation of Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) results is of critical importance for accurate reporting of greenhouse gas emissions. The Cobalt Institute’s PCF guidance provides all stakeholders involved in cobalt value chains with a standardised and robust approach to calculating the climate change impact of cobalt products and is aligned with current regulatory and industry initiatives.”

• Codelco

Nicole Porcile, Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability: “Codelco wants to become a pillar of sustainable development for Chile and the world. In the spirit of transparency and trust-building, we are proud to share our ESG Commitments on the LMEpassport platform. This platform provides us with an opportunity to voluntarily offer additional valuable information on a range of ESG issues, including Environmental Goals (carbon footprint, circular economy, etc.), Social Management, and other relevant topics.”

• Extractives Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI)

Mark Robinson, Executive Director: “The EITI’s inclusion in the governance pillar of the LMEpassport is an important step towards transparency in mineral supply chains. Project-level data is essential for companies reporting on the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High Risk Areas. National EITI multistakeholder groups can also serve as a forum where governance risks can be identified, and where civil society, government and companies can work together to address them.”

• Freeport-McMoRan

Andrea Vaccari, Director Responsible Production Frameworks & Sustainability: “We are encouraged by the uptake and continued development of LMEpassport. The expanding list of allowable disclosures and participating companies will support well-informed decision-making by downstream supply chain actors and also reinforce our industry’s commitment to responsible production.”

• Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

Bastian Buck, Chief Standards Officer: “The inclusion of GRI Standards in the LMEpassport is a welcome development for reporters and information users alike. The GRI Standards are already widely used by companies in the sector, and the information reported allows stakeholders to comprehensively assess a company's impacts on sustainable development, including risks and opportunities related to those impacts. Robust reporting on how companies identify, cause, and manage their impacts is crucial for securing a license to operate and allows for meaningful engagement to improve performance.”

• Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI)

Jennifer Peyser, Executive Director: “We are very pleased that facilities using the Risk Readiness Assessment (RRA) Criteria will be able to give visibility to their sustainability credentials via the LMEpassport. This aligns with the RMI vision of enabling supply chain actors to report on their performance through consistent and credible data and metrics. The upcoming Version 3.0 of the RRA takes a further step in that direction as it applies to the entire value chain and generates comparable data from mine through metal processors and manufacturers to recyclers.”

Notes to editor

• For more information about LMEpassport and the LME’s sustainability strategy, please visit the website.

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