Leonteq

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Leonteq AG
legal form Corporation
ISIN CH0190891181
founding 2007
Seat Zurich , Switzerland
management
  • Lukas Ruflin
    ( CEO )
Number of employees 486
sales 282.4 million CHF
Branch Financial services
Website http://www.leonteq.com
As of December 31, 2018

The Leonteq AG is a Swiss company based in Zurich . It specializes in structured investment products and insurance solutions in the finance and technology sector, both as an issuer of its own products and as a partner to other financial institutions. Leonteq's derivative investment products and services mainly include the product classes of capital protection, yield optimization and participation. Leonteq's insurance solutions support life insurers in the manufacture of unit-linked pension products with guarantees.

In 2018, the company employed 486 full-time equivalents, generated a transaction volume of 28.8 billion francs and achieved operating income of 282.4 million francs. Leonteq has subsidiaries and branches in 10 countries and serves over 50 markets. Leonteq AG is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and a member of the Swiss Association for Structured Products SSPA .

structure

Shareholders

The largest shareholder in Leonteq is Raiffeisen Switzerland , a Swiss cooperative bank that holds around 29% of the capital. Other significant shareholders are Rainer-Marc Frey with around 12.2% of the capital, Lukas Ruflin Familienbeteiligungen with around 8% of the capital and Sandro Dorigo with almost 2.5% of the capital of Leonteq.

Legal persons

Leonteq is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, and is regulated by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority together with its subsidiary Leonteq Securities AG, which has another location in Geneva . Leonteq Securities AG has branches in Guernsey and Amsterdam.

The company enters the European market through its subsidiary Leonteq Securities (Europe) GmbH, which is based in Germany and has branches in London and Paris. Leonteq also operates a subsidiary in Monte Carlo, Leonteq Securities (Monaco) SAM.

It is on the Asian market with the subsidiaries Leonteq Securities (Hong Kong) Ltd., Leonteq Securities (Singapore) PTE Ltd. and Leonteq Securities (Japan) Ltd. represented.

history

Leonteq was founded in 2007 as EFG Financial Products Holding AG. The company went public in October 2012 and renamed it Leonteq AG in 2013.

Company management

Leonteq AG is headed by Lukas Ruflin as CEO and Christopher M. Chambers as Chairman of the Board of Directors .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Leonteq Annual Report 2018. Accessed February 7, 2019 .
  2. ^ Six-Group website. Retrieved May 14, 2019 .
  3. ^ SSPA website. Retrieved May 14, 2019 .
  4. Six Exchange Regulation. Retrieved May 14, 2019 .
  5. Leonteq expands into the land of cherry blossoms. In: finews.ch. April 27, 2018, accessed May 14, 2019 .
  6. Another IPO on SIX Swiss Exchange. SIX Group, October 19, 2012, accessed on May 14, 2019 .
  7. EFG FP is now called Leonteq. In: Finance and Economy. June 17, 2013, accessed May 14, 2019 .
  8. Lukas Ruflin becomes the new Leonteq boss. In: Handelszeitung. February 14, 2018, accessed May 14, 2019 .