Morgan Stanley joins SSPA as a new member

The Swiss Structured Products Association (SSPA) welcomes Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc as a new member and issuer. With this addition of another global player being present in Switzerland, the SSPA further strengthens its membership base. Its network now numbers 43 members across the entire value creation chain, from issuers to trading platforms and buy-side to brokers and partners. 

Zurich – 8 March 2022. Morgan Stanley joins as a new member and issuer of the SSPA, the association of structured products in Switzerland representing over 95 percent of the country’s market volume.

The American multinational investment bank is headquartered in New York City and has a long-standing presence in the Swiss market. Today, Morgan Stanley offers its Swiss clients the full product range and services of investment banking, investment management and institutional sales and trading. In more than 41 countries worldwide, Morgan Stanley’s over 70’000 employees serve clients including corporations, governments, institutions, and individuals.

Pascal Boneu, Managing Director and Head of EMEA Equity Structured Notes Distribution at Morgan Stanley, on becoming a new member of SSPA: “As a multinational financial services company with a long-standing presence in the Swiss market, we are especially delighted to join the SSPA which is an important institution for the local structured products business. We look forward to leveraging our international expertise to the further advancement of the Swiss market for structured products and hope for fruitful discussions with the other members.”

SSPA expands its membership base to 43

Now numbering 43 members, the SSPA represents the interests of the key players in the market for structured products in Switzerland. SSPA Chairman Markus Pfister on the new member: “We warmly welcome Morgan Stanley as an experienced market participant to our association. Morgan Stanley’s international, comprehensive expertise is a valuable addition to our membership base.”