- CEO
- Evangelia Panagide
- Full Time Employees
- 4
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Financial conglomerates
- Address
- Panayides Building Limassol LI Cyprus 3030
- IPO Date
- Mar 21, 2011
- Business
- S.D. Standard ETC Plc is a Cyprus-based investment holding company that operates as an investment entity with a special focus on energy, transport, and commodities segments; it invests directly or indirectly into companies, securities, commodities, and assets to generate medium- to long-term capital growth. The company targets opportunities in hydrocarbons including natural gas, maritime transportation amid decarbonization pressures, and critical minerals such as copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt, and rare earth elements essential for clean energy transitions like solar panels, wind turbines, and electric vehicles. It maintains a debt-free balance sheet to pursue attractive investments including asset plays across these sectors globally. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Limassol, Cyprus, the company lists its shares on Oslo Bors under the ticker SDSD.OL and owns subsidiaries such as Standard Invest AS, which provides portfolio management services, and previously held interests in Standard Supply AS and associate Dolphin Drilling AS. In recent developments, the company changed its name from S.D. Standard Drilling Plc to S.D. Standard ETC Plc in January 2022 to reflect its shift from offshore drilling and support vessels to liquid investments in energy, transportation, and commodities; during 2024, it received USD 45.7 million in dividends from Standard Supply AS, invested USD 99.4 million in listed and unlisted securities on US and Oslo exchanges while disposing others for a USD 4 million profit, extended a bridge loan to Dolphin Drilling AS until November 2025, and paid an interim dividend of NOK 0.20 per share in November 2024.