Natixis new SSPA member

The Swiss Structured Products Association (SSPA) welcomes Natixis to its ranks as new active member and issuer taking a further step towards a broad industry-wide representation. This chain includes issuers, markets, the buy-side and partners in equal measure.

Zurich, 18 April 2016. Natixis, the international corporate, investment, insurance and financial services arm of Groupe BPCE, the second-largest banking group in France, was founded in 2006. The bank provides customized solutions to meet the specific needs of companies, financial institutions and institutional investors. They also design products and services tailored to the client base of Groupe BPCE’s two retail networks focusing on the three core business sections Corporate and Investment Banking; Investment Solutions & Insurance and Specialized Financial Services.

Cyril Parmentier, Head of Sales Switzerland at Natixis, about the SSPA membership: “Based on a strategic dialog and a 360 vision of their needs, challenges, risks and interests, we build a long-term trusting relationship with our clients. Therefore we harness all our expertise and combine them to design the best banking, financial and insurance solutions – using Structured Products as innovative investment opportunities with a promising performance potential at reasonable costs. Thus our membership of the industry association underscores our long term commitment to the Swiss structured products market and to Switzerland as a financial centre.”

SSPA successively expanding into an industry association

SSPA 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. SSPA Vice-President Philipp Rickenbacher: “With the admission of Natixis, the SSPA is taking a further step in its strategy of broad market support. Thanks to the sustainable expansion of our association, we can represent the interests of the entire industry even more effectively. We are very pleased about the commitment of Natixis to the Swiss market for structured products and warmly welcome our new member.”