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Leonteq
Switzerland-based Leonteq, a structured products firm, has received BaFin approval for a license extension in Germany for its Leonteq Securities (Europe) GmbH business.

This marks an important step in the expansion of its retail flow business in the German market, Leonteq, which also operates in the insurance products space, said in a statement yesterday.

"This additional BaFin licence marks an important next step for the launch of our retail flow business in Germany. It will enable us to leverage our local expertise tailored to the German market as well. We are now in the final phase of preparation,” Michael Seifried, head of retail flow business of Leonteq, said.

Leonteq’s retail flow initiative focuses on setting up and expanding an automated platform that specialises in issuing a broad range of securitised products for retail investors. The initiative also aims to make such products easily tradable for private investors, on a par with stocks and exchange-traded funds.

Leonteq is already a market maker role for equities and ETFs on BX Swiss, achieving that status in April 2024. It has also launched the issuance and trading of leverage products listed on the Swiss stock exchanges SIX and BX Swiss in 2025. The firm offers more than 10,000 listed leverage products in Switzerland.