Digital Asset Banking for External Asset Managers & Multi-Family Offices

Navigate the digital asset ecosystem with expert guidance from Sygnum.

Create tailor-made, diversified portfolios that include both digital assets and traditional securities for your clients. Sygnum provides access to the digital asset ecosystem that is designed for the needs of independent financial advisors, such as External Asset Managers (EAMs), Multi-Family Offices (MFOs) and other financial intermediaries.

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Tailored solutions

Manage your clients’ wealth with a Limited Power of Attorney (LPOA) agreement and benefit from Sygnum’s all-in-one access to digital assets and traditional securities through a FINMA-regulated Swiss bank.

Dedicated team

Sygnum understands the responsibility that comes with wealth management. Benefit from our expertise in digital assets and traditional finance to make informed investment decisions for your clients.

Security

Store your clients’ digital assets with institutional-grade custody, combining Sygnum’s multi-layer security architecture with off-balance sheet treatment and statutory segregation under Swiss law.

Dedicated digital asset offering for professional investors

Designed for External Asset Managers and Multi-Family Offices, our platform enables you to manage digital and traditional assets efficiently under one roof, while maintaining the highest standards of security, compliance and operational excellence. With bank-grade custody, best-execution trading, and seamless portfolio management workflows, you can expand your clients’ investment opportunities without adding operational complexity.

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Trading

Trade digital assets 24/7 through Sygnum’s secure infrastructure, benefiting from deep liquidity, competitive pricing and professional trading expertise.

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Staking

Generate yield on digital assets through a seamless staking service integrated directly with our institutional-grade custody platform.

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Custody Bank-grade security

Custody

Securely store a broad range of digital assets with instant access through our integrated, bank-grade multi-custody solution.

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Lending

Unlock liquidity through cost-efficient credit solutions backed by digital assets as collateral.

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Asset Management

Access professionally managed investment strategies designed to help investors navigate and capture opportunities in digital asset markets.

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Tokenization

Access professionally managed investment strategies designed to help investors navigate and capture opportunities in digital asset markets.

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Yield Core AMC

Actively managed certificates

Bring investment strategies to market enabled by Sygnum’s custody and trading platform and our network of securitisation partners.

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Traditional securities

Access more than 10,000 traditional securities, including equities, fixed income, ETFs and ETPs, through a single trusted institution.

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Client cases

Whether your clients are already active in digital assets or just beginning to explore them, Sygnum gives you the regulated infrastructure and expertise to serve them with confidence.

Onboarding crypto-native end-clients

Onboard clients already active in the digital asset space by leveraging Sygnum’s expertise as a regulated Swiss bank with digital asset capabilities. This enables the management of multi-asset portfolios that combine both traditional securities and digital assets within a single banking relationship, including Lombard lending against eligible digital assets.

Enabling traditional end-clients to access digital assets

Serve your clients new to digital assets. Sygnum supports both you and your clients throughout the journey, providing education, guidance, and institutional-grade infrastructure to facilitate a smooth transition into the digital asset ecosystem.

Efficient strategy management via AMCs

Structure and manage your investment strategies efficiently through Actively Managed Certificates (AMCs), supported by Sygnum’s custody and trading infrastructure across spot and derivatives markets. This approach streamlines portfolio execution while maintaining robust regulatory and operational standards.

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In-house research

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News from Sygnum Group

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Bitget Latest Major Crypto Exchange To Partner With Sygnum For Off-Exchange Custody

Industry voices

Philipp Hildebrand

“I was very impressed by Sygnum’s focus on how Distributed Ledger Technology will impact the banking industry, and also by their entrepreneurial spirit.”
Philipp Hildebrand Sygnum industry advisor and Vice Chairman of Blackrock
Peter Wuffli

“Distributed ledger technology crystallizes a series of technological developments in recent years that together could help the financial services industry achieve new levels of speed, quality and efficiency.”
Dr. Peter Wuffli Sygnum Director and former Group CEO UBS

External Asset Managers and Multi-Family Offices FAQs

 Is Sygnum fully regulated?

Yes. One of Sygnum’s founding strategies was to be fully regulated from day one in both Switzerland and Singapore. Sygnum holds a banking and securities dealer licence from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), and a Capital Markets Services (CMS) licence from the MAS in Singapore. In June 2023, Sygnum Singapore was granted in principle approval of a Major Payments Institutional Licence from the MAS. In December 2022, Sygnum expanded its offering into Luxembourg, and in March 2023 received a Financial Services Permission (FSP) from the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA). 

Can digital assets be deposited to and withdrawn from a Sygnum wallet?

Yes, Sygnum accepts deposits and withdrawals for all crypto assets for which it offers custody services. 

You can withdraw or make payments with digital assets by withdrawing funds from your Sygnum e-banking platform and sending them to external wallets that you own. Please note that when funds are sent to a wallet that you own for the first time, transactions need to be verified by Sygnum’s proprietary digital asset screening tool in the Client Portal. Please contact us here if you have further questions. 

Please click here for an overview of the digital assets we offer for custody, staking, trading and lending. Further tokens are available on request. 

How can I trade crypto assets with Sygnum?

You need to become a Sygnum client in order to trade. Once you are onboarded, you can trade by either logging into the Sygnum e-banking portal for your account, using an API, or by contacting your Relationship Manager or our Trading Desk directly to place your order. Click here to onboard as a Sygnum client.

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Investor qualification

The following content is available to qualified investors. Please confirm your details below to visit this page, or please see our other digital asset updates here.

Qualified investor - As defined in Art. 10 (3) ff. of the Swiss Collective Investment Schemes Act. In particular, natural persons who have the knowledge required to comprehend the risks of the investments based on their individual education and professional experience or based on comparable experience in the financial sector and hold liquid assets of at least CHF 500,000.

A US Person is defined as (a) an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States for federal income tax purposes; (b) a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organised under the laws of or existing in the United States; (c) an estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxes regardless of whether such income is effectively connected with a United States trade or business.

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