- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
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- IPO Date
- Jun 4, 2020
- Business
- Leverage Shares Public Limited Company (Leverage Shares PLC) issues exchange traded products (ETPs), including the Leverage Shares -1x Twitter ETC (STWT.L), which provides inverse daily exposure to Twitter Inc. (now X Corp.) stock through physical replication using cash collateral, without derivatives such as swaps; the product tracks the iSTOXX Inverse -1X TWTR Index, delivering -1x the daily return of the underlying stock adjusted for fees. The company offers a broad range of leveraged (up to 5x long), inverse (up to -5x short), and unleveraged ETPs and exchange traded commodities (ETCs) linked to individual equities such as Tesla, Apple, and NVIDIA; popular ETFs and indices like FAANG+, FTSE 100, and FTSE MIB; and options-based strategies on assets including Magnificent 7 stocks, Palantir, and gold; these products are physically backed by the underlying assets or cash, enabling trading on major European exchanges including the London Stock Exchange (LSE), Euronext Amsterdam, Börse Frankfurt, and Borsa Italiana, with an annual management fee typically at 0.75%. Leverage Shares PLC targets sophisticated, experienced investors seeking short-term trading strategies, such as responding to technical indicators, earnings announcements, news events, or hedging portfolio exposures; the firm operates across Europe and the US, serving institutional and retail clients through brokerage accounts without requiring margin.
Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland (2nd Floor, Block 5, Irish Life Centre, Abbey Street Lower, D01 P767), with additional offices in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA, and Tunbridge Wells, UK, the company maintains subsidiaries like Leverage Shares (UK) Limited (incorporated 2022) and positions itself as Europe's pioneer and sole provider of physically replicated short and leveraged single-stock ETPs, having earned recognition including "Best ETP Provider 2021" by ADVFN and Inc. 5000's fastest-growing US private companies in 2023.
In September 2025, Leverage Shares launched 19 new ETPs on the LSE, including first-ever 3x leveraged products on Robinhood (HOOD), Hims & Hers (HIMS), and UnitedHealth (UNH), alongside 3x long and -3x short exposures to Intel (INTC), Broadcom (AVGO), ASML, Eli Lilly (LLY), and a FAANG+ basket, plus 5x long/short on FTSE 100 and FTSE MIB indices, amid record year-to-date trading volumes up 86% over 2024; these expansions reinforce its focus on high-conviction trading tools for active investors. The STWT.L product itself reflects ongoing maintenance of legacy single-stock inverse offerings originally rolled out in 2020 alongside counterparts like 2x and 3x Twitter ETPs, with net assets around EUR 314,000 as of recent data. No major acquisitions, funding rounds, or reorganizations have been reported for the issuer in the last 1-2 years, though product innovation continues to drive growth in assets under management and trading activity.