Solactive is Structured Solutions’ own index platform which is used by international issuers to develop and calculate indices. The platform was founded in 2006 as a joint project between Structured Solutions and Stuttgart Stock Exchange. In 2009 Structured Solutions took over the index business from Stuttgart Stock Exchange.

Indices possess a number of advantages for investors and issuers of financial products. For investors, diversification and transparency are particularly meaningful. Since indices always combine numerous single instruments – e.g. stocks, commodities, funds – an effective risk diversification can be achieved. Furthermore, indices are governed by a set of objective rules which guarantees a high degree of transparency – something that most baskets cannot deliver.

When it comes to the scope of possible indices that can be calculated by the Solactive index platform the opportunities are endless. Stocks, bonds, commodities as well as mutual funds or other wrappers can be considered as underlyings. The same flexibility can be applied regarding the index calculation methods: price or total return indices as well as excess return indices can be calculated, but also alpha and reverse indices and many more concepts are possible.

So what makes Solactive unique? Besides the accuracy of the index calculation, the experience and creativity of developing new index concepts it is mainly the expertise to realise new customised index solutions within a very short period of time that makes Solactive different. Due to the speed of the financial markets it is crucial to have the ability to react quickly to new trends. This is why the process of launching a new index just takes a couple of days. Structured Solutions is a service provider that helps to develop new individual index solutions but can also act purely as a calculation agent. Additional services for investors and providers such as the real time tool rounds off the range of services.