swissQuant, a Swiss fintech company, and the Swiss Structured Products Association are about to launch an application to which will help understand how structured products work in customer portfolios.

The Swiss Structured Products Association (SSPA) will soon launch a a tailor-made app which will help understand how structured products work in customer portfolios and systematically explain the advantages of mixing in these products, the association said in a statement today.

The app was developed by swissQuant, a spinoff of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, in coordination with the SSPA.

swissQuant is developing and implementing so-called intelligent technologies and currently has 150 customers using its software, analysis tools and the translation of quantitive methods and technologies.

New Member of SSPA

Nat Zollinger 500«Informed financial decision making requires reliable analyses, accurate forecasting and a continuously adjusted set of strategy options,» said Nathaniel Zollinger (pictured left), head of Derivatives Applications at swissQuant. At the same time, swissQuant is becoming a member of SSPA. The association represents the interests of the most important market participants, which together cover more than 95 percent of the market volume for structured products in Switzerland.

«With the admission of swissQuant, the SSPA welcomes a highly appreciated working partner as new member,» said Philipp Rickenbacher, vice president of SSPA.