Compass Financial Technologies , an index provider based in Switzerland and France, is launching an innovative cryptoassets index platform that offers investors a variety of ways to participate in the crypto market. The solutions range from reference prices to basket or smart risk-controlled indices. These new indices are coordinated with the EU Benchmark Regulation (EU BMR).
Compass digital asset solutions are already used by major players such as Coinshares, one of the leading digital asset managers. As of today, more than $ 5 billion is related to crypto indices calculated by Compass.
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This new Compass cryptoassets index family bridges the gap between the digital asset ecosystem and traditional financial engineering by offering new tools for investing in the crypto market. In addition to crypto reference indices, which can be used as BMR-compliant benchmarks for ETPs or other investment products, the platform also offers volatility target indices, an innovative and efficient tool to expose yourself to the highly volatile crypto market while controlling the volatility and reducing the drawdown .
” These innovative indices will pave the way for new investment vehicles suitable for institutional investor risk management, ” says Guillaume Le Fur, founding partner of Compass.
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As a registered benchmark administrator, Compass has developed the index platform within the framework of the EU benchmark regulation, which guarantees the highest institutional standards in terms of robustness and governance. With the aim of combining the expertise of the digital assets ecosystem and the index engineering industry, Compass has appointed users and recognized experts from the cryptosphere and the traditional financial index industry as index committee members.
“ Volatility is the number one topic when it comes to crypto assets. I am therefore particularly excited about the new family of volatility target indices, which will prove very useful in controlling risk in a principled way, “added Professor William Knottenbelt , Index Committee member and Director of the Imperial College Center for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering. added.
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