
Dataset Name: six_corporate_actions_payment_structure
Group: market_data
Vendor: Six Group
Data Starts at: 2007-01-01 00:00:00
Symbol Set: Equities
Asset Class: Equity,ADRs,ETFs,Fixed Income,Options,FX,Futures
Data Update Time(s): EOD daily
Data Update Frequency: day
SIX Corporate Actions
The award-winning Corporate Actions from SIX with its comprehensive, near real-time reference database, are globally sourced to support cash flow management, income distribution and risk management.
Timely, Complete, and Processed Automatically
Our award-winning corporate actions data is globally sourced to support cash flow management, income distribution, and risk management.
Aggregated from all major financial markets, our corporate actions data is structured to maximize the automation of operations. This enables firms to handle the growing volume and complexity of corporate actions.
Delivered to customers worldwide, our data reduces operational and reputational risk, making data consumption more efficient. Corporate actions are a core strength of SIX and provide the foundation for multiple services.
How You Will Benefit
Deep Data Coverage - Receive corporate actions with related sub-events and messages
Flexible Delivery Options - Our corporate actions can be delivered in a format that suits you
Global, Timely, and Accurate - Sourced from major financial centers; updated and verified constantly
Stay Aware, Stay Ahead
The SIX data model enables complex events to be standardized, decrypted, and delivered in near-real time.
Our service helps you to plan ahead and reduce the risk of missing announcements. It notifies you in advance of events taking place in your portfolio.
In the past, customers had to combine data from SIX, fund manufacturers, and different specialist companies, in a number of hard-to-integrate formats. SIX now works with more than 50 partners to deliver aggregated corporate actions data in a wide variety of formats that can be integrated easily.
"We focus on the quality, accuracy and timeliness of our corporate actions data, as well as on how clients need to adapt to changing market conditions." - Annelotte de Nanassy, Senior Product Manager, SIX
Data Contained in this Dataset
Column | Type | Description |
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_seq | uint | Internal sequence number used to keep data rows in order |
timestamp | string | Timestamp of the Data - America/New York Time. |
muts | uint64 | Microseconds Unix Timestamp. An integer representation of a timestamp with microsecond precision that can be compared directly to other timestamps. |
symbol | string | Trading Symbol or Ticker |
identifierScheme | string | Field common to all delivery files. Indicates the type of code of the identifier column (ISIN, CH, GB…). |
BC | string | Field common to all delivery files. Indicates the Market Code Numerical (SIX) of the identifier. This field is only relevant for listings. |
clientReference | string | Field common to all delivery files. This is a copy of the clientReference column from the selection file. When the clientReference column is not specified in the selection file, this field value is empty. |
mainCashFlowSetEventIdentifier | string | |
corporateActionType | string | Corporate Action event type. |
messageType | string | Providing the information if it is a new / mutation or deletion message in the output template |
messageStatus | string | Indicates if the event is complete or incomplete. |
swissValorNumber | int64 | Official national instrument identifier assigned by the National Numbering Agency responsible for Switzerland: SIX Financial Information. |
instrumentShortName | string | Instrument short name with up to 19 characters. |
instrumentNamePrefix | string | Instrument classification in textual form. |
instrumentClassificationBySIX | string | Instrument classification allocated by SIX. Present on all instruments in the SIX database. |
issuerSIXCompanyKey | string | Company entity identifier allocated by SIX on all institutions present in the SIX database. |
issuerInstitutionShortName | string | Institution short name with up to 19 characters. |
significantDate | string | The purpose of the significant date is to offer one effective date, per event. According to the event, it selects among available dates with specific rules used for filtering and sorting. |
mainCashFlowSetCompositionType | string | Describes the relation of elements for complex payments (e.g. Addition, Choice/alternative). |
mainCashFlowSetSelectionPeriodDateFrom | string | Start of the period when a choice regarding an optional payment is possible. |
mainCashFlowSetSelectionPeriodDateTo | string | End of the period when a choice regarding an optional payment is possible. |
mainCashFlowSetEntitledParty | string | Indicates the party choosing the optional payment. |
cashFlowSet1EventIdentifier | string | Identification code for an event. |
cashFlowSet1DefaultCashFlow | string | The cash flow applicable after the expiry of the selection period if no choice was made. |
cashFlowSet2EventIdentifier | string | Identification code for an event. |
cashFlowSet2DefaultCashFlow | string | The cash flow applicable after the expiry of the selection period if no choice was made. |
cashFlowSet3EventIdentifier | string | Identification code for an event. |
cashFlowSet3DefaultCashFlow | string | The cash flow applicable after the expiry of the selection period if no choice was made. |
cashFlowSet4EventIdentifier | string | Identification code for an event. |
cashFlowSet4DefaultCashFlow | string | The cash flow applicable after the expiry of the selection period if no choice was made. |
optionDescription | string | The transformation event contains more than one option and is too complex to be displayed in a flat file. |
messageDate | string | Initial entry date of the event. |
lastUpdate | string | Providing the date of the last update (change) to the element in the output template. |