Category III: Traditional Assets

André Müller, Head UBS Asset Management Switzerland, UBS

In April 2024, UBS Asset Management launched its first tokenized fund: the «UBS USD Money Market Investment Fund Token». The fund is based on the Ethereum blockchain and marks a concrete step toward digitized traditional assets. UBS had already issued structured products on its proprietary DLT platform. With this new fund, UBS Asset Management is establishing tokenization as a future-ready vehicle for traditional fund offerings. → to the finews article

Christian Spieler, CEO, Leonteq

Christian Spieler launched a new fully automated platform for trading exchange-listed leverage products with Leonteq – including a proprietary market making engine. Within a short time, over 3,000 products were listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The scalable infrastructure enables real-time market making, offers a wide range of underlying assets, and is expected to be expanded to other markets over time. The initiative is one of the largest technology investments in Leonteq’s recent history. → to the finews article

Antoine Martin, Member of the Governing Board, Swiss National Bank (SNB)

Antoine Martin is part of the SNB Governing Board that launched «Helvetia III» – a pilot project for wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) that gained international attention. For the first time, the SNB provided tokenized central bank money via a third-party platform (SDX) to settle digital bond issuances by Swiss cantons and cities. The pilot marks a historic step toward a tokenized financial market infrastructure backed by sovereign money. → to the finews article

Karsten-Dirk Steffens, Country Head, abrdn Switzerland

Karsten-Dirk Steffens is responsible for Swiss distribution of the country’s first actively managed global real estate ETF – the «abrdn Future Real Estate UCITS ETF». The fund invests in listed real estate stocks (REITs), combines ESG criteria with a dynamic rebalancing strategy, and is fully tradable on the Swiss stock exchange. This ETF innovation brings liquid diversification to a traditionally hard-to-access sector while focusing on forward-looking real estate trends. → to the finews article

Thomas Suter, CEO, QCAM Currency Asset Management 

Thomas Suter and the specialist team at QCAM launched a new investment vehicle in the Swiss money market: the «QCAM Short Term Fixed Income USD Fund». The fund invests in short-term placements, focusing on private placements by public Swiss issuers, fully currency-hedged. Since 2012, the strategy has delivered outperformance of around 7 percent. At launch, the fund had over $1 billion in committed assets and offers daily redemption – an innovation with potential to set a new standard for the entire market. → to the finews article

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