Thanks to the cooperation between iMaps ETI and comdirect, private investors can for the first time create savings plans for innovative, actively managed crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs).
Liechtenstein, April 04, 2022 – iMaps ETI AG, Europe’s leading provider of actively managed crypto ETPs, is cooperating with comdirect – a Commerzbank brand – to offer private investors attractive savings plans on selected actively managed crypto ETPs in addition to one-off investments with immediate effect and for the first time on the German market. Investors can diversify their savings into crypto assets with small monthly payments starting at 25 euros.
A lack of interest income, low flexibility and high ancillary costs are spoiling Germans’ appetite for the savings products of previous generations: savings books, fixed-term deposits and life insurance. Instead, a new form of long-term provision is becoming increasingly popular: savings plans on funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and ETPs. In Germany alone, there are now around three million ETP savings plans – and the trend is rising sharply. So far, however, the savings plans have had one decisive disadvantage: although the range is broad, it is almost exclusively based on the major international financial indices for equities and bonds. Building up exposure to the crypto sector through a savings plan or adding small ongoing amounts to an ETP savings plan has only been possible to a limited extent to date. Savings plans on actively managed crypto ETPs have not been offered at all to date.
“With our initiative, we want to make an active contribution to diversifying wealth creation in Germany even more broadly,” says Andreas Wölfl, founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of iMaps ETI AG, explaining the cooperation. “We are delighted that we have been able to create another opportunity for investors to benefit from developments on the crypto markets through our cooperation with comdirect.”
Investors can benefit in particular from the compound interest effect through savings plans. For example, if you invest 150 euros per month in a securities savings plan, you will have a savings balance of almost 200,000 euros after 30 years with a realistic interest rate of 7.2% per year.
“The expansion of the product range to include actively managed ETPs from iMaps goes hand in hand with a high level of interest from our customers. Even if individual cryptocurrencies enable extreme price increases, professional investment strategies such as staking, arbitrage or active portfolio management offer the opportunity for additional sources of income or the reduction of value fluctuations. A savings plan on crypto ETPs is particularly suitable for private investors to build up initial positions in digital assets and to diversify the savings plan portfolio consisting of traditional ETFs and funds,” says Rene Delrieux, Product Manager Investing at comdirect – a Commerzbank brand.
Appendix: List of iMaps crypto ETPs eligible for savings plans
| WKN | Designation | Fees | Product description |
| A3GQF1 | iMaps Crypto Alpha Strategy ETI | 0.25% | Detailed information |
| A3GS2E | iMaps sustainliquid ETI | 0.40% | Detailed information |
| A3GS2F | iMaps cryptobest ETI | 1.10% | Detailed information |
| A3GTMK | iMaps DeFi Income Strategy ETI | 1.75% | Detailed information |
| A3GV3E | iMaps Jolly Ledger Digital Assets Arbitrage ETI | 0.85% | Detailed information |
About iMaps ETI AG
iMaps ETI AG is an issuer of Exchange Traded Products (ETP) in the Principality of Liechtenstein with a focus on asset manager certificates in the form of Actively Managed Certificates.
iMaps Capital Markets focuses on providing asset managers with a platform for issuing exchange-traded instruments (ETIs) as a white label solution in order to map the respective investment strategy. The spectrum includes ETIs on traditional investments such as equities, derivatives and funds as well as on digital assets as underlying assets. As a subgroup of exchange-traded products, they are an interesting, fast-growing and cost-effective alternative to funds. Thanks to the approved securities prospectus of iMaps ETI AG, it is also possible to offer ETIs publicly to private investors.
Disclaimer: The securities base prospectus including supplements has been approved by the FMA Liechtenstein and notified to Germany, Austria, Italy, Luxembourg and Ireland. It has also been registered for the public offer in Switzerland. It is available on the website imaps-capital.com/products/ can be downloaded free of charge.
