Fractional investing
When issuers offer investments as tokens listed on-chain with ownership in the underlying assets, fractional ownership in an asset becomes efficient and easy.
Legal and regulatory clarity
Issuers and investors have peace of mind with legal clarity over issuance and ownership. Sygnum navigates the legal and regulatory requirements for you, with Swiss DLT law or abroad.
Access to unique investments
Tokenization with fractional ownership and lower ticket sizes makes investing in illiquid or hard-to-access assets possible for a wider range of investors.
Diversified portfolio
Fractional ownership makes it easier to add tokenized assets to diversify a portfolio and to integrate all assets into a holistic portfolio view.
Desygnate is Sygnum’s primary market issuance platform. It simplifies the legal and financial structuring activities for the underlying asset, the token minting, as well as the subscription and issuance process.
Become a client to issue or investSygnEx is Sygnum’s secondary market trading facility for tokenized assets. Both issuers and investors benefit from increased liquidity and a standardised early exit opportunity for acquired assets.
Become a client to issue or investPrivate markets
Diversify your portfolio by investing in seasoned investment opportunities in private debt and equity.
Traditional securities
Diversify your investment and treasury strategies with allocations in tokenized traditional securities.
Art & collectibles
Get access to blue-chip art and other collectibles with fractional ownership.
Tokenization partners
Case study: Making a Picasso accesible and bankable
Artemundi, an art investment pioneer, and Sygnum partnered in 2021 to tokenize Picasso’s painting, Fillette au béret. This marked the first time the ownership rights for a Picasso, or any artwork, were broadcast onto a public blockchain by a regulated bank, enabling investors to purchase and trade a share of the artwork through Art Security Tokens (ASTs).
Future Finance
We call the emergence of a trusted, secure and efficient digital asset economy “Future Finance”. See an example below of how we are making this a reality, built on our three pillars of trust, technology, together.
Fatmire Bekiri
Head of Tokenization“Sygnum is your partner of choice to securely issue, store, trade and manage tokenized assets.”
FAQ
Where can asset tokens be bought?
Asset tokens can be bought through Sygnum’s tokenization platforms. Investors can either buy asset token through a subscription in the primary market via our issuance platform Desygnate or a buy order on our secondary trading marketplace SygnEx. Asset tokens can also be freely transferred to any investor on the Sygnum banking platform
How will my tokens be secured and held in custody?
Asset tokens are secured and held in custody the same way protocol tokens like Bitcoin are. Sygnum’s regulated multi-custody solution has been engineered to provide institutional-grade security, enabling our clients to invest in the digital asset economy with complete trust.
Can every Sygnum client invest in asset tokens? Does the issuer have any control over who can invest?
Generally, investments in all asset tokens on our platform are available to all Sygnum clients. However, tailored permission solutions that let issuers manage investor participation can be set up.
What happens should Sygnum become insolvent? Who guarantees my deposits?
In the unlikely case of a Sygnum insolvency, Sygnum clients are protected by law and covered by the esisuisse bank deposit protection scheme, up to a maximum of CHF 100,000 per client. Asset tokens and all other crypto assets are held off balance sheet by Sygnum, and they are unaffected in the event of an insolvency. In this case, the tokens would be transferred to our clients’ external private wallets.
How can asset tokens be traded?
Asset tokens can be traded on SygnEx, Sygnum’s regulated secondary market, which can be accessed via the Sygnum banking portal by clicking “Trading” under the Tokenized assets section. On SygnEx, orders can be placed in the order book, or existing orders in the order book can be accepted. Automatic matching is not possible for regulatory reasons.
Can token holders transfer their security tokens to a private wallet?
Transferring your security tokens to an external private wallet is not possible. Currently, only wallets held in custody by Sygnum are whitelisted.