[3] The company provides market data which it gathers from the world's major trading venues directly and in real-time or which it also sources on its own.

Based on a unique data model, VDF holds information on approximately 20 million financial instruments, drawing on over 1500 trading venues and contributors.

The master database allows customers to link nearly 1,500 individual data elements across millions of active financial instruments, for a clear view of investment positions.

Services range from valuation pricing and real-time market data feeds to streamlined back-office products and all are used for improved straight-through processing.

SIX Financial Information has incorporated flags, markers and classifications into VDF that facilitate compliance with taxation regulations such as the EU savings tax, Swiss transaction taxes, IRS Section 871(m) and US IRS Withholding, plus fee calculation regulations such as the SEC rule 22c-2, pan-European rules such as the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, the Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products Regulation and UCITS III and IV and global economic sanctions.

Specifically, SIX Financial Information is the official national numbering agency (NNA) in Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Belgium, and in this capacity is responsible for the issuing of Valoren and ISIN identifiers.