Societe Generale Issues the First Structured Product on Public Blockchain

On April 15th 2021, Societe Generale issued the first structured product as a Security Token directly registered on the Tezos public blockchain. The securities were fully subscribed by Societe Generale Assurances. This operation follows in the footsteps of a first covered bond Security Token issuance worth EUR 100m  on the Ethereum blockchain, settled in euros in April 2019, and of a second covered bond Security Token issuance worth EUR 40m this time settled in Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) issued by Banque de France, in May 2020. This transaction completes a new step in the development of Societe Generale – Forge, a regulated subsidiary of Societe Generale Group, aiming at offering by 2022 crypto assets structuring, issuing, exchange and custody services to the Group’s professional clients. This new experimentation, performed in accordance with best market practices, demonstrates the legal, regulatory and operational feasibility of issuing more complex financial instruments (structured products) on public blockchain. It leverages on this disruptive technology which enables increased efficiency and fluidity of financial transactions:  unprecedented capacity of product structuration, shortened time-to-market, automated corporate actions, increased transparency and speed in transactions and settlements, as well as reduced cost and number of intermediaries. Societe Generale – Forge innovative operating model enables Security Tokens to be directly integrated to conventional banking systems interfaced with SWIFT format. Innovation is key to Societe Generale Group's digital transformation. The Group has been involved for several years in numerous initiatives based on blockchain and distributed ledger technologies, using the most innovative technologies and creating disruptive business models, with the aim of better serving its clients. Featured image credit: Societe Generale

Societe Generale announced that it has issued its first structured product as a security token directly registered on the Tezos‘ blockchain network. The securities were fully subscribed by Societe Generale Assurances. The move was in line with the development of Forge which is a regulated subsidiary of Societe Generale Group. […] » Weiterlesen

SEBA Bank Lists 4 Digital Assets ETPs on Six Swiss Exchange

SEBA Bank AG Lists Digital Assets ETPs on Six Swiss Exchange In Strategic Cooperation With GHCO, A Leading Liquidity Provider

SEBA Bank announced it is listing a suite of digital-assets-based exchange traded products (“ETPs”) on the SIX Swiss Exchange in partnership with GHCO, a liquidity provider specialising in exchange traded funds, from tomorrow, 09 April 2021. The ETPs have been designed to provide investors with secure and cost-effective access to […] » Weiterlesen

US Structured Products Firm Luma Expands European Presence With Senior Hire

Luma Financial Technologies

Luma Financial Technologies (“Luma”), the largest independent, multi issuer structured products platform in the US, is expanding its presence in Europe with the hire of Konstantinos Pampoukidis from Leonteq Securities. Konstantinos joins Luma’s business development team in Zurich, where the platform recently opened its first European office. He will report […] » Weiterlesen

Leonteq wird neue Derivat Emittentin an der BX Swiss

Leonteq wird neue Emittentin an der BX Swiss AG im Segment «deriBX»

Die BX Swiss baut ihr Segment für Strukturierte Produkte «deriBX» weiter aus und begrüsst Leonteq als neue Emittentin Leonteq, eine der führenden Emittentinnen von Renditeoptimierungsprodukten mit einem 32%igen Marktanteil und die Nummer drei mit einem Marktanteil von 9% bei allen börsengelisteten strukturierten Produkten, emittierte ihr erstes Produkt an der BX […] » Weiterlesen

Leonteq Starts Collaboration With Cash Insider

Leonteq announced its collaboration with the business portal cash and launches a tracker certificate on the “cash Insider Stock Favorites Portfolio Index”. As part of Leonteq’s planned expansion of its product offering, Leonteq is now starting a collaboration with the business and finance portal cash and launches a stock exchange […] » Weiterlesen

BX Swiss AG startet Handel in neuem Bondsegment

BX Swiss AG startet Handel in neuem Bondsegment

Die BX Swiss AG baut ihre Produktpalette weiter aus und wird durch ihr neues Bondsegment zum Komplettanbieter. Rund 500 Anleihen sind damit an der BX Swiss täglich von 9.00 bis 17.30 Uhr in Euro zum Handel zugelassen. Rund 400 dieser Bonds sind sogar börslich exklusiv an der BX Swiss handelbar. […] » Weiterlesen

Die Finanzmesse findet 2021 nicht statt

Die Finanzmesse findet 2021 nicht statt

Der Veranstalter der grössten Schweizer Finanzmesse hat entschieden, die FINANZ’21 endgültig abzusagen. In der momentanen COVID-19-Situation sei keine zuverlässige Aussage möglich, ob die Messe am 19. und 20. Mai 2021 hätte durchgeführt werden können respektive ob in diesem Jahr überhaupt noch Veranstaltungen dieser Grössenordnung möglich sein werden. Unter diesen Vorzeichen und […] » Weiterlesen

Switzerland Welcomes Exane Solutions as new Structured Product Issuer

SIX Welcomes New Structured Product Issuer Exane Solutions (Luxembourg) SA

The Swiss Stock Exchange welcomes Exane Solutions (Luxembourg) SA as the 21st structured product issuer. The first product, a tracker certificate on the Exane Apollo Index in Euro, has been listed on 22 January 2021. „We are pleased to welcome Exane as a long-standing provider of innovative structured products among […] » Weiterlesen

ETC Group to Launch Bitcoin ETP on Swiss Stock Exchange

Top Performing Bitcoin Exchange Traded Product Hits $500m AUM as It Lists on Six Swiss Exchange in USD, CHF and GBP

ETC Group, an issuer of digital asset backed securities, has announced that its rapidly growing Bitcoin ETC, BTCetc Bitcoin Exchange Traded Crypto (BTCE), which reached $500 million in assets under management (AuM) last week, will be listed on the Swiss stock exchange, SIX. The BTCE listing will trade in three […] » Weiterlesen

FiCAS Set for European Expansion With Regulatory Approval for Crypto ETPs

FiCAS Poised for European Expansion With Regulatory Approval for Crypto ETPs

FiCAS, a Swiss-based crypto investment management boutique, has secured regulatory approval to have its cryptocurrency exchange-traded product (ETP) be available for its European investors via their bank or broker. FiCAS first launched its ETP in Switzerland in July 2020, listing it on SIX Swiss Exchange. The European Union (EU) approval […] » Weiterlesen