Interviews
Leonteq expands in the leverage products market
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Serge Nussbaumer
Chefredaktor
Mr. Dürr, finally, finally leveraged products – the inclined market observer would like to say. What goals are you pursuing in this segment?
First of all, we are delighted to be live with our leveraged products. Our modern retail flow platform currently offers access to mini-futures and knock-out warrants – further payoffs are in the pipeline. With reliable market making, excellent customer service and an experienced team, we want to convince our customers in the long term and achieve a significant market share in the leverage products segment in the medium term.
How does Leonteq want to set itself apart from the competition?
We are aiming for a broadly diversified universe of underlyings – from established equities and indices to niches that have hardly been covered to date but are in high demand. In this way, we offer investors real added value – supported by a service-oriented approach that many are already familiar with from Leonteq’s structured products business.
What makes the process of issuing leverage products so complex? Why can’t it be done with a snap of the fingers?
Since 2022, Leonteq has developed a modern, automated retail flow platform. Together with our strong infrastructure for exotic products, this has created a scalable solution that meets the specific requirements of the leveraged products business – with seamless market making, efficient settlement and strong risk management. An issue? Now it’s almost a snap of the fingers.
Leonteq has started with knock-out warrants and mini futures. Are factor certificates, inliners, warrants and spread warrants also planned?
In the next step, we will expand our range to include traditional warrants. We also attach great importance to significantly expanding the universe of underlyings and asset classes. We are also planning to go live with a broad range of leverage products on the BX Swiss in the coming months – another milestone for our growth in this segment.
Leonteq currently has around 3,000 products listed on the SIX. How did you decide which product on which underlying underlying, with what leverage, what ratio, etc.? How can you imagine this process?
Our market-making activities on the BX Swiss give us a deep insight into current investor interests and trends. Product selection follows a structured, data-driven approach. We offer a broad spectrum of leverage – from dynamic to conservative. We also promote active dialog between investors and us. We define further product parameters on the basis of sound market analyses – with the aim of creating particularly attractive products.
What can we expect from Leonteq in 2025?
2025 will be all about expansion: we plan to significantly expand our offering – with additional underlyings, new asset classes and further product types. We will also be present on the BX Swiss with a broad product range. Our aim is to establish Leonteq as a permanent fixture in the market for leverage products and to offer investors a range of products that is as innovative as it is reliable.
