May 2021 | Cryptoassets are gaining in importance among institutional investors. We are not only talking about cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, but also tokenized assets such as security tokens. Their advantage: they correlate only slightly with classic investments such as shares and are therefore ideal for diversification alongside gold and commodities. Companies are now also turning to this asset class. Read more
February 2021 | Security Token Offerings (STO) were approved as regulated financial products by German authority BaFin in 2019. Since, a lot has happened in terms of digital securities and tokenization in Germany. In addition to a further improved legal framework, awareness of tokenized assets is rising among investors. The same happens with issuers, who are increasingly coming from the SME sector. Digital assets are now also gaining a foothold in the institutional investor space. Why tokenization will permanently change the financial markets and why family offices and advisors should also keep an eye on the developments.
February 2021 | What influences the value of security token? How do digital securities experience an increase in value? In the case of the Green Ship Token of the shipping company Vogemann, the development of charter rates is an important component. In other words: the price for which the ships are rented out by the brokerage. This is because the charter rates make a significant contribution to achieving the interest for the investors. But that’s not all: in addition to the 8 percent interest on the Green Ship Token, there is also profit sharing, which splits the profits in half between the investor and the shipping company.
Guest commentary by Attorney at Law Lutz Auffenberg, LL.M. (London)
January 2021 | New regulations for security token ahead: The German Federal Government published its draft version of the legislation for the introduction of the Electronic Securities Act (eWPG) shortly before the turn of the year. There are several changes to the first draft version that was published in the summer of 2020, mainly consisting of systematical clarifications and the rewording of certain parts.
January 2021 | Why does a SME chose the emission of digital securities for financing their projects? In the fourth and final part of our interview with Jens-Michael Arndt and Markus Lange, things get personal. The managing partners of the Vogemann shipping company and issuers of the Vogemann Green Ship Token talk about entrepreneurial challenges, their own experiences with blockchain technology and reveal what guides them in their lives (besides shipping).
Press release | Ruggell/Hamburg, November 2020 The marketplace for securities and token issuances, area2invest, now offers the Green Ship Token of the Hamburg shipping company Vogemann. Interested investors can invest in the Security Token Offering directly online via distribution partner area2invest.
November 2020 | Ecological aspects are among the greatest challenges in shipping. In the third part of our interview with Jens-Michael Arndt and Markus Lange, managing partners of the shipping company Vogemann and issuers of the Vogemann Green Ship Token, you will learn how Vogemann meets this challenge and what makes Handysize-Bulker so special.
October 2020 | How exactly does an investment in the Vogemann Green Ship Token actually work? Where does the 8 percent interest forecast come from? And what is the investment strategy? These are the questions addressed in the third and final part of the CAPinside podcast with Patrick Schütze from neoFIN Hamburg and Markus Lange and Jens-Michael Arndt from Reederei Vogemann.
October 2020 | The “green” in Vogemann Green Ship Token is no coincidence: the digital security invests in sustainable ships. In our series “Environmental protection in shipping” we explain which pollutants are actually produced and what Vogemann is doing to contribute to greener shipping. Our topic today: sulfur oxide emissions.
September 2020 | In the second part of the CAPinside podcast, Ci Managing Director Achim Denkel wants to know exactly what’s going on. What does a ship like a Green Dolphin actually cost? And what does it earn in return? Markus Lange and Jens-Michael Arndt from the Vogemann shipping company and Patrick Schütze from neoFIN Hamburg have the answers.
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