Year 2022
The year in pictures
Structured products
VP Bank announces in January that it will expand its range of structured products and act as a guarantor for the first time. To this end, it is using Leonteq’s technology platform and international sales mandate.
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Cooperation with Jyske Bank
The Danish Jyske Bank is withdrawing from the private banking business for European clients outside Denmark in February. Within the framework of a cooperation agreement, their European clients are given the opportunity to transfer their assets to VP Bank in Switzerland.
Promoting talent
VP Bank is strengthening its long-standing commitment to supporting the world’s leading young musical talents. In February, the Bank signes sponsorship deals with the Ensemble Esperanza and the International Academy of Music in Liechtenstein for the coming years.
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Annual results
Best score for “Risk Indicator 1”
In 2022, Dun & Bradstreet Worldwide again awarded VP Bank Group a rating of “Risk Indicator 1” for risk and creditworthiness in March. VP Bank Group’s outstanding financial stability was instrumental in achieving this great rating.
Head of Group Sustainability
Dr Lars Kaiser joines VP Bank in March in the newly created role of Head of Group Sustainability.
Sponsorship agreement with marmite youngsters
VP Bank has shown its commitment to supporting up-and-coming talent in the restaurant industry. In April, it concludes a sponsorship agreement with Marmite Verlags AG for the coming years in relation to the “marmite Youngsters” initiative.
New portal for financial market analysis and investment recommendations
With its new Research Portal, VP Bank offers all interested parties clear access to current research publications starting in May. This gives investors an overview of what is currently happening on the market.
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Successful migration of the core banking system Avaloq
With the successful migration of the core banking system, a key milestone was reached in June as part of the outsourcing of the IT infrastructure to Swisscom. In addition, the technological prerequisite for an open and flexible system environment was created, which makes it possible to develop and offer new customer services quickly and nimbly with the integration of third-party services.
Real fine art in the metaverse
VP Bank is the first bank in Liechtenstein to present tokenised Real Fine Art in the Metaverse in June.
First food festival in Vaduz
The first Vaduz Food Festival was held from 1 to 11 September 2022 with VP Bank as its sponsor.
Excellent annual report
VP Bank Group's Annual Report 2021 is awarded six international prizes in September. Among other things, the Bank achieved an excellent 2nd place in the Swiss Annual Report Rating in the Value Reporting category.
VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open
In September VP Bank continues its sponsorship support for the VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open, the largest women’s tournament on the Ladies European Tour in Switzerland.
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Rating confirmed
Standard & Poor's confirmes the very good “A/Negative/A-1” rating for VP Bank in October.
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Future Workplace
To make modern working and collaboration as easy as possible, all VP Bank employees will receive new laptops starting in December as part of the “Future Workplace” project. This makes collaboration more mobile, more efficient and faster.
Tokenisation of a piano
VP Bank tokenises a piano for the first time in relation to the new year concert of the Academy of Music in Liechtenstein in December, thus making an important contribution toward enabling young talented musicians to play on excellent instruments.