Germany’s Lucht Probst Associates (LPA), a European provider of financial software and captech solutions, has acquired payoff, the operator of Swiss financial platform payoff.ch.

The move strengthens LPA’s presence in Switzerland and expands its portfolio in content, data, and analytics for issuers, distributors, asset managers, and fund providers.

Payoff is a leading independent source of information on structured products, derivatives, and ETFs in Switzerland.

The company produces daily news, research, and events, publishes the monthly payoff magazine, and operates the financial portal payoff.ch.

It also releases specialist publications including the Swiss Yearbook for Structured Products, the ETP & Indexing Guide, and the Swiss ESG Guide, and has organised the annual Swiss Derivative Awards since 2006.

Following its earlier integration of DDS, a provider of structured product data, the acquisition of payoff further enhances LPA’s data and analytics capabilities.

Combining payoff’s market data expertise, DDS’ database, and LPA’s analytics solutions, covering independent valuations, stress and backtesting, and market conformity checks, creates a comprehensive foundation for market insight and data-driven innovation.

Serge Nussbaumer, CEO of payoff, said:

“The merger will enable us to tailor payoff’s existing offering in Switzerland even more specifically to the needs of our industry. At the same time, becoming part of the LPA Group opens up new opportunities for us to further develop our concept internationally.”

Stefan Lucht, founder and CEO of LPA, added:

“The merger with payoff not only strengthens our presence in Switzerland and our expertise in structured products, but also creates new opportunities for our customers and partners in the areas of content, data, and analytics.”

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