PostFinance offers various tracker certificates to help you participate in global trends. Tracker certificates allow you to easily invest in a theme of your choice diversified, even with small sums of money. PostFinance acts as guarantor and makes its creditworthiness available while bearing the issuer risk (AA/A-1+ bank rating from Standard & Poor’s).
The tracker certificate on the Globalance Low Carbon Index was designated the best climate protection product by the jury at the Swiss Derivative Awards 2023.
The Swiss Derivative Awards have been held annually since 2006. They recognize outstanding innovative products and exceptional services in the Swiss structured products market.
The negative effects of climate change are becoming increasingly noticeable around the world. To reduce global warming, almost all the countries in the world signed the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015, thereby undertaking to keep the global temperature rise below two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. With the Globalance Low Carbon Index, you can make an informed investment in companies that are in line with the target of two degrees. The index offers you a diversified portfolio of companies with a global warming potential of less than two degrees Celsius. You can also participate in global trends such as digitization, health and urbanization.
The delivery chain is a key success factor in a globalized world in which e-commerce is constantly gaining in importance. That’s because the logistics industry today involves much more than traditional transport over land, water or by air. Automation or the use of robotics now play a major role, for example. This development is being pushed forward by flourishing online trade, which is regarded as an important driver of growth and is also expected to lead to disproportionate revenue increases in the logistics industry worldwide. The tracker certificate on the Swissquote Logistics Index offers you diversified, straightforward and cost-efficient access to global companies that operate in the transport and logistics sector.
Paper-based money is increasingly losing significance. This trend is to the benefit of cashless, digital payment transactions, which have established themselves as the most important form of payment processing globally in recent years. The tracker certificate on the Swissquote Digital Payments CHF Index makes it very easy for you to invest in companies that are playing a significant role in the revolution that we are experiencing in the payment services sector. The certificate lets you invest in the development of companies that are benefiting from the decline of traditional payment systems, in a targeted way without currency changes. This includes, for example, global payment service providers, financial services institutions and providers of electronic payment solutions.
The United Nations has defined a total of 17 Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs. The goals are aimed at everyone, from states to civil society, and from economic and scientific stakeholders to each and every individual. The international community has designated gender equality as SDG 5. The main focus of this goal is the ending of discrimination against women and girls and the elimination of all forms of violence against them. Another target of the goal is “to ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership”. It covers all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life. This tracker certificate on the Swissquote Gender Equality Index makes it easy for you to participate in companies that take a pioneering role on the issue of gender equality.
The topic of sustainable / green energy is a key component on the path towards carbon neutrality. Driven by increasing energy consumption around the world, global investment in clean energy is also growing. Companies which have positioned themselves to benefit from the increasing demand for renewable energies are finding themselves in a growth market. Solar and wind energy, thermal energy, biofuels and energy from other renewable sources are currently attracting massive investment. The tracker certificate on the Swissquote Green Energy Index offers a diversified way to get involved in this trend.
Blockchain has developed into one of the hottest trends on the financial markets − strengthened further by the accelerating process of digitization around the world. As a digital, decentralized system, blockchain is perfect for running digital registers or documenting transactions. Blockchain technology has particularly high potential for use in platforms for banking and payment services and in the areas of cyber-security, supply chains, insurance, technology, Internet of Things (IoT), law and real estate. The tracker certificate on the Swissquote Blockchain Index offers you a diversified way to participate in the future development of the blockchain economy.
In the food industry, there is a clear trend towards sustainable and healthy foods. The areas of agriculture, agritech, food production and distribution offer great potential. The experts from Tareno AG have designed the Future of Food index in association with Leonteq and PostFinance. It covers the entire “Future of Food” value chain and selects the most promising companies in accordance with ESG sustainability criteria, fundamental data and momentum. The tracker certificate represents a diversified way to invest in change in the food sector.
Electric mobility is a major trend. All over the world, more and more electric vehicles are on the roads. State incentives related to climate protection and falling prices are giving the market a push. The demand for alternative drive systems is higher than ever. The tracker certificate on the Swissquote Global eMobility Index offers diversified access to global companies focussing on electric vehicles and their drive technology.
How we handle waste is one of the greatest challenges facing society, together with climate change. There can be no solutions to global waste problems without innovative companies. Whether you are interested in recycling, waste management, water treatment or efficient packaging: with the Swissquote Global Recycling Index, you can target your investment in companies that are active in areas such as recycling, waste management, water treatment, pollution monitoring or other environmental services.
Big data, artificial intelligence or robotics – as a result of technological megatrends, more and more disruptive innovations are having a long-term impact on the market. They are increasingly becoming an economically relevant production and competitive factor. They can help companies to unleash previously unknown potential. With the Morningstar® Big Data & Robotics Index, you can invest in a targeted manner in companies that operate in the fields of big data and analytics, nanotechnology, networks and computer systems, energy and environmental systems, medicine and neuroscience, robotics, 3D printing, bioinformatics and innovative financial services.
