Stephane Mesguiche

Kalstone

Kalstone is the real estate arm of financial broker Louis Capital Markets. Being at the crossroads of real estate and finance, Kalstone provides research, advisory and intermediation solutions to institutional investors, family offices and real estate professionals in their investment activities. LCM is a global financial broker that offers services in Cash Equities, Equity Derivatives, Commodities, Currencies, Corporate Finance and Fixed-income for institutional clients. Kalstone also works closely with Midcap Partners, another group entity, a brokerage firm and specialized investment bank for Small & Midcaps (research, IPO, block trading, corporate broking). Kalstone and Compass, a Swiss-based company focused on the design of market benchmarks and tailor-made investments solutions, have launched the Compass Kalstone Paris Residential Property Index (PARISSQM), the first investable benchmark based on a proprietary methodology and created to replicate the evolution of Paris Real Estates Housing Prices. Euronext is working with Kalstone and Compass in order to list property future contracts derived from this index. Unlike investment in physical assets, property futures allow direct, transparent and low-cost access to Paris' real estate prices per square meters. Our network has more than 250 professionals operating over 5 offices in 3 continents (US, Europe, Asia).