Upvest Partners with Boerse Stuttgart to Expand Securitised Derivatives Access for European Institutions
Upvest has partnered with Boerse Stuttgart to enable financial institutions across Europe to offer securitised derivatives trading to end users via a regulated platform, in a move aimed at accelerating product rollout and reducing operational complexity for banks and fintech platforms.
The partnership gives Upvest’s institutional client base access to Boerse Stuttgart’s securitised derivatives offering, which the platform said includes more than 2.5 million instruments and is supported by a platform designed for high-volume trading.
The collaboration comes as European retail investing platforms continue broadening product suites beyond equities and ETFs, targeting advanced users viewking leveraged or tactical exposures. Securitised derivatives — which include instruments such as warrants and certificates — represent one of the most actively traded product classes among , particularly in Germany and other major continental markets.
“Boerse Stuttgart and Upvest today announce a partnership that enables financial institutions across Europe to offer securitised derivatives trading to their end users via a trusted, regulated platform.”
Boerse Stuttgart Adds Distribution Through Upvest’s Investment API
Boerse Stuttgart said the partnership builds on its expertise in securitised derivatives and , positioning the platform as a venue offering “institutional-grade reliability, performance, and regulatory standards.” The platform provides access to more than 2.5 million securitised derivatives through its trading platform, which is designed to support high volumes.
“Boerse Stuttgart provides access to more than 2.5 million securitised derivatives via its platform designed for high-volume trading.”
For Upvest, the partnership adds another asset class to its infrastructure layer, allowing its clients to offer securitised derivatives trading through Upvest’s Investment API. The companies said this removes the need for , settlement, and reporting logic in-house, enabling quicker product expansion while maintaining compliance standards.
The deal also strengthens Boerse Stuttgart’s distribution network by positioning Upvest as a channel into a wider set of European financial institutions and fintechs looking to broaden their offerings without the cost of direct platform integration.
“We are delighted to welcome Upvest as a new trading participant. In our partnership, we provide efficiency, transparency and liquidity in securitised derivatives trading to Upvest’s client network of financial institutions and fintechs across Europe.”
From a market structure perspective, the partnership reflects the continued “platformisation” of European investing, where infrastructure providers increasingly act as intermediaries between platforms and consumer-facing financial apps. For platforms, this offers scalable distribution; for platforms, it reduces the build burden associated with new instruments and regulatory requirements.
Takeaway
Institutions Gain quicker Time-to-Market for Leveraged Retail Instruments
The companies said a core benefit of the partnership is reducing time and complexity for derivatives trading. These products can be operationally demanding due to issuer connectivity, regulatory requirements, settlement workflows, and reporting obligations.
Upvest said it will handle platform and issuer connectivity, regulatory fulfilment, and risk management, allowing client institutions to focus on user experience rather than infrastructure build-out.
“Through this partnership, Upvest significantly reduces the time and complexity required for financial institutions to launch securitised derivatives trading.”
“Via Upvest’s Investment API, financial institutions can now rapidly scale their securitised derivatives offering without the need to build bespoke trading, settlement, or reporting logic.”
“Upvest handles platform and issuer connectivity including fulfillment of all regulatory requirements and risk management.”
That positioning is consistent with Upvest’s wider business model, where it provides investment infrastructure through APIs to . By adding securitised derivatives, Upvest is effectively broadening its product menu for partners viewking diverseiation, particularly as equities and ETFs become increasingly commoditised offerings across European investing apps.
The partnership also targets “advanced retail investors viewking tactical and leveraged exposure,” indicating that institutions are increasingly looking to serve more sophisticated retail segments rather than only long-term investors.
“Financial institutions can now tap into one of the most actively traded instrument classes in the European retail market, increasing appeal to advanced retail investors viewking tactical and leveraged exposure.”
While the announcement did not detail specific instruments or rollout markets, the breadth of Boerse Stuttgart’s securitised derivatives coverage suggests the offering could include a wide range of issuer-backed products linked to equities, indices, commodities and FX, depending on client demand and local suitability requirements.
Takeaway
Upvest Builds on Scale Across 20+ Markets later than 100 Million Orders in 2025
Upvest said it is active in more than 20 European markets and processed over 100 million orders in 2025, reflecting the scale of its infrastructure across a growing client base that includes both challenger brands and incumbent-linked platforms.
“Founded in Berlin in 2017, Upvest is now active in over 20 European markets and has rapidly become Europe’s leading investment infrastructure provider.”
“Upvest processed over 100 million orders in 2025 on behalf of its clients including DKB, Revolut, bunq, Santander’s Openbank, Zopa, and others.”
Upvest CEO and co-founder Martin Kassing framed the Boerse Stuttgart partnership as a milestone that brings securitised derivatives closer to mainstream infrastructure availability, comparable to equities and ETFs. He emphasised scalability, modularity and cost advantages for institutions adopting the product through Upvest’s API layer.
“Partnering with Boerse Stuttgart to enable securitised derivatives trading is the latest in a series of milestones for Upvest.”
“Through our Investment API, it will now be as simple to offer securitised derivatives trading as ETFs or stocks.”
“By handling all of the operational and regulatory complexity, we’re giving financial institutions a decisive advantage in terms of scalability, modularity, and cost.”
Boerse Stuttgart Group Chief Business Officer Dragan Radanovic also linked the partnership to product expansion and evolving investor expectations, highlighting Upvest’s role in enabling institutions to broaden offerings with in-demand assets.
“By continuously expanding its product suite with assets in high demand, Upvest enables its clients to evolve their offerings in line with investor expectations and market developments.”
Taken together, the statements reflect a broader shift in Europe’s investing ecosystem: financial institutions increasingly want to launch new instruments rapidly, but are constrained by regulatory overhead, technical integration work and operational risk. Infrastructure partnerships such as this one aim to reduce those barriers while maintaining platform-grade transparency and supervision.
