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2025 Fiscal Year Report
La Pradera 2025 FY Report
Read article →2022 Fiscal Year Report
The fiscal year for cattle ranching concluded on the June 30th, 2022. This report includes a summary of our activities at La Pradera as well as the relevant advances for the Finka Token. Most importantly, this report highlights the NOR generation on behalf of our token-holders for the third consecutive year, meaning that we have once again successfully delivered on our promises with solid fundamentals and tangible results.
Read article →Inacta Case study: How to tokenise a cattle ranch
The Finka Token team is very proud to have been featured in a case study byInacta, “How to tokenise a Cattle Ranch.” The case study below was originally published on the Inacta site, and gives an overview of how the Finka Token team worked collaboratively withMME Legal,Lakeside Business Centre AG,CV Labs,Inacta,Bank Frick,Froriep, Private investors,CoreLedger,Tokengate,InCore,CV VC,Area2investandBitcoin Suisse, to bring the Finka Token to life.
Read article →2021 Fiscal Year Report
The fiscal year for cattle ranching just ended June 30th, 2021. This report includes a summary of our activities a La Pradera, the relevant advances for the Finka Token as well as reference to Bolivia’s increasing beef exports. Most importantly, this report highlights the NOR payment to our token-holders for the second consecutive year, effectively delivering on our promises with solid fundamentals and tangible results
Read article →Security Tokens Market Cap Hits $800 million
As the security tokens industry’s market cap has surpassed $800 million, and the goal of surpassing $1 billion remains, the growing interest in these digital security offerings is noted.
Read article →Review of World Bank report – “Opportunities for Climate Finance in the Livestock Sector: Removing Obstacles and Realizing Potential”
The World Bank recently published a report entitled“Opportunities for Climate Finance in the Livestock Sector: Removing Obstacles and Realizing Potential.”Our blog post gives an overview of the report, and outlines how La Pradera ranch makes use of opportunities to reduce the amount of carbon already in the atmosphere, and from current emissions.
Read article →Achievements at the La Pradera ranch during Q4 2020
Q4 of 2020 was characterized by growth and achievement at the La Pradera Ranch as well as for partnerships between Finka and other significant stakeholders within the Crypto Valley in Zug, Switzerland.
Read article →The Finka Token - an ERC20 token that generates a regular fixed income with predictable returns
In a recent Linkedin article, Dr. Johannes Schweifer (Co-Founder of Bitcoin Suisse AG as well as CoreLedger AG) explores the issues of volatility and liquidity inherent in cash and stock-based savings plans. “Today, having cash means to be constantly losing money.If it’s not inflation in countries like Argentina, then it’s the negative interest rate in countries like Switzerland. Cash is by definition unlikely to appreciate in value, which is why investing in the stock market, or even risky assets, has become a no-brainer for long-term financial growth.”
Read article →The Current Heightened Interest in the Crypto Arena
Phillip Sander (Founder of the Frankfurt School Blockchain Centre) has said: “If the world is facing a post-pandemic resurgence of inflation, investment in scarce assets –may be a wise hedge. Yet the majority of assets such as real estate, rare artworks or precious metal depots are typically accessible to major investors only.”
Read article →Q3 Update: Significant Accomplishments for Finka Token
We recently released our Q3 investor update to our circle of investors, and wanted to share the latest developments and accomplishments with you on our blog.
Read article →October 2020 Update 2
We recently released our “October Fact Sheet” – giving news updates and information about developments at the La Pradera ranch, as well as clarification on the finer details of investing in the Finka Token.
Read article →October 2020 Update 1
The Finka Token team is excited to report that notwithstanding the global events of the year, 2020 has been exciting and promising for the La Pradera ranch as well as the Finka Token itself.
Read article →Security Tokens and Financial Impact — The Future of Finance
The principles of finance will not be changed by blockchain, however, the future of finance will definitely be shaped by blockchain. We explain why the new technologies are a paradigm shift and introduces a real world use case.
Read article →How Asset Tokenization is Democratizing Capital
Throughout history, access to capital — the lifeblood of business — has been limited to privileged individuals and companies. During early modern times, capital was controlled first by the church and royalty, by small private bankers and then by large financial institutions that provided loans only to chosen borrowers.
Read article →Global Food Demand is Rising – Can we meet it?
Did you know? Over the last 100 years – the global population has increased fourfold. In 1915, there were 1.8 billion people in the world, and today (2020) there are approximately 7.3 billion people (according to a recent estimate by the UN).
Read article →Q2 2020 Update
The end of Q2 represents the end of the fiscal year for cattle ranching. As we close our books, we posted a record birthing of 495 calves between March and May 2020 and we are proud to report a 40% increase in production capacity measured in the number of heifers and gestation ready cows, ready for next season. Financially, the COVID 19 pandemic has had a short term effect on our sales given the logistics’ disruptions. As such, we postponed some of the sales of our cattle without affecting the operations at La Pradera.
Read article →Security Tokens are bringing safety and reliability back to Cryptoassets
The digital asset market has for some time been dominated by Bitcoin – in both market capitalization and trading volume. However, the situation is quite different today. This is as a result of the diversification of digital-asset instruments. In 2014, Bitcoin represented 87% of the digital-asset market value at US$8.1 billion. In 2019, it accounted for only 53% at around $64 billion. On the 15th of February 2019, the overall digital asset market value was estimated to be around $120 billion. The evolution is an example of the development of other cryptocurrencies, and alternative digital assets. These include Initial Coin Offerings (ICOS) which have offered diversification opportunities for investors.
Read article →ESG Track records: a huge deciding factor when high net worth individuals are deciding to invest
“Embedding environmental, social and governance factors into capital markets makes good business sense, and leads to more sustainable markets and better outcomes for societies.”
Read article →Life on La Pradera Cattle Ranch: Reaping the Fruits of the year’s work
At this time of the year (in the middle of autumn and the beginning of the dry season), the separation of the calves from their mothers begins. This is called Weaning.
Read article →The Rise of Impact Investing: The World’s future depends on it!
Impact investing has gained traction among a wide range of investors who include the world’s largest financial institutions, pension funds, family offices, private wealth managers, foundations, individuals, commercial banks nd development finance institutions.
Read article →Alternative Anlagen: Wo kann man sich informieren? Was soll man sich anhören und welche Events soll man besuchen?
In einem früheren Blog-Beitrag haben wir diskutiert, dass alternative Anlagen nach der Covid-19-Pandemie wichtiger als je zuvor sein würden. Die Art und Weise, wie wir Investitionen angehen, wird sich sicherlich stark verändern. Investitionen, welche weniger mit herkömmlichen Anlagen korrelieren, wie z.B. Security Tokens, die durch eine echte, liquide Anlageklasse (wie z.B. der Finka-Token) gedeckt sind, werden attraktiver denn je sein.
Read article →Alternative Anlagen für Dummies: Definition und Beschreibung von alternativen Anlagen
Alternative Anlagen sind Investitionen, die über die traditionellen Methoden hinausgehen und sich nicht im Bereich Aktien, Anleihen und Bargeld befinden. Dies entspricht einer Definition von Blackrock. Weiter können alternative Investitionen als "nicht korrelierende" Vermögenswerte beschrieben werden. Dies bedeutet, dass ihre Performance nicht der von "traditionellen Vermögenswerten" wie Aktien und Anleihen folgt. Aus diesem Grund gelten alternative Investitionen als eine äußerst effektive Möglichkeit, das Risiko in einem Portfolio auszugleichen und einen "Puffer" gegen einen Zusammenbruch von Aktien oder Anleihen zu bilden. Dies ist im gegenwärtigen globalen wirtschaftlichen Covid-19-Klima von großer Bedeutung.
Read article →Security Tokens für Dummies: Definition und Beschreibung von Security Tokens
“Jede neue Technologie wird erfolgreich sein, wenn sie einen perfekten Weg gefunden hat, die Werte ihrer traditionellen Erscheinungsform und die Vorteile der neuen Technologie in ein Gleichgewicht zu bringen.” Scott Macy
Read article →An Alternative Asset Making a Difference
Innovation and technology are disrupting traditional institutions, affecting all areas of everyday life. Finance is undergoing a transformation with the evolution of new instruments that converge traditional assets with emerging technologies, effectively creating new asset classes. As a result, middlemen are circumvented, transaction costs are lowered and entry barriers are eliminated. In the not too distant future, we shall experience dynamic capital flows as a result of multi jurisdiction access and the democratisation of capital in what we call “the future of finance”
Read article →Alternative Investments for Dummies: Alternative Investments Defined and Explained
Broadly speaking, alternatives are investments in assets other than stocks, bonds and cash, or investments using strategies that go beyond traditional methods, such as long / short or arbitrage strategies. This is according to a definition provided by Blackrock. Secondly, Alternative Investments can be described as “non-correlated” assets – meaning that their performance doesn’t follow that of “traditional assets” like stocks and bonds. For this reason, alternative investments are considered a hugely effective way to balance risk in a portfolio and provide a “cushion” against a stock or bond meltdown. This is extremely important in the current global economic Covid-19 climate.
Read article →Security Tokens for Dummies: Security Tokens Defined and Explained
“Any new technology will find its success when it has found a perfect way to balance the values of its traditional manifestation and the advantages of the new technology.” Scott Macy
Read article →Alternative Assets: How to learn more? Where to go and what to listen to
In a previous blog post, we discussed that Alternative Assets would be more important than ever before in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The way we approach investing will certainly change and investments less correlated to interest rates and GDP such as Security Tokens supported by a real, liquid asset class (i.e. the Finka Token) will be more attractive than ever.
Read article →Wieso in die Rinderzucht investieren?
Die Rinderzucht ist eine der besten Wertschöpferinnen der Natur.
Read article →Why invest in Cattle ranching?
Cattle ranching, is one of nature’s best value creators.
Read article →Die Rinderfarm "La Pradera"
La Pradera ist eine traditionelle Rinderfarm in Santa Rosa de Roca, Santa Cruz, Bolivien. Die Ranch ist seit 1999 in Betrieb und besteht aus 3.200 Hektaren unberührten Land, auf dem rund 4.000 Rinder frei herumlaufen und sich von natürlichem Gras und Quellwasser ernähren. La Pradera erfüllt alle Umweltvorschriften und ihr Management hält sich an die höchsten ESG-Standards (Environmental, Social and Governance). Darüber hinaus ist La Pradera die Definition von "organisch", d.h. die Rinder ernähren sich nur von natürlichem Gras ohne jegliche Nahrungsergänzungsmittel oder Zusatzstoffe.
Read article →La Pradera Cattle Ranch
La Pradera is a mature cattle ranch based in Santa Rosa de Roca, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The ranch has been in operation since 1999 and is composed of 3,200 hectares of pristine land - where around 4,000 cattle roam freely and feed on natural grass and spring water. La Pradera is fully compliant with environmental regulations and its management adheres to the highest ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) standards. Furthermore, La Pradera is the definition of ‘organic,’ as the cattle feed only on natural grass without any nutritional supplements or additives.
Read article →Der Finka Asset Token im Porträt
Kurz zusammengefasst, gewährt der FINKA SECURITY TOKEN einen Blockchain-basierten Gewinnanspruch, der auf den Erträgen aus der Rinderzucht basiert. Als innovatives Wertpapier kombiniert es Technologie und den Terminverkauf zukünftiger Einnahmen in der traditionellen Rinderindustrie, die von der Schweizer Firma Finka GmbH über ihre Tochtergesellschaften betrieben wird.
Read article →The Finka Token (a security token) explained
In a nutshell, the FINKA SECURITY TOKEN grants a blockchain based profit entitlement derived from cattle ranching. As an innovative security, it combines technology and the forward sale of future revenues in the traditional cattle industry operated by the Swiss company Finka GmbH, through its own subsidiaries.
Read article →Ein wichtiger Meilenstein: Die Disruption klassischer Finanzierungsmodelle
Die in der Schweiz ansässige Finka GmbH hat den FINKA TOKEN ausgegeben, einen Security Token, der seit dem 23. Dezember 2019 öffentlich zum Kauf angeboten wird. Jedes FINKA TOKEN entspricht dem Wert von CHF 1.00 und gewährt den Inhabern des Token einen proportionalen Anteil an den Nettobetriebserträgen des zugrunde liegenden Vermögenswertes im Wert von CHF 10'000'000. Ein Steuerbescheid steht noch aus, und die Token werden wahrscheinlich nicht der Quellensteuer unterliegen.
Read article →A Significant Milestone: The disruption of classical financing models
Swiss based Finka GmbH has issued the FINKA TOKEN, a Security Token available for public purchase starting December 23, 2019. Each FINKA TOKEN is valued at CHF 1.00 and grants token-holders a pro-rata share on the Net Operating Revenue of the underlying asset valued at CHF 10,000,000
Read article →Die Zukunft der Finanzindustrie
Willkommen auf der Finka-Website und auf unserem Blog! Ziel des Blogs ist es, die Leser persönlich über unsere Aktivitäten auf dem Laufenden zu halten, über verschiedene Themen im Zusammenhang mit Krypto und der Zukunft der Finanzindustrie zu informieren und wertvolle Einblicke zu ermöglichen.
Read article →The Future of Finance
Welcome to the Finka website and to our blog! The aim of the blog is to keep readers personally abreast of our activities, and to inform and give valuable insights on various topics relating to crypto and the future of finance.
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