Asset Management

FCA shifts focus to innovation for growth

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released its five-year strategy with a central focus on prioritising innovation for growth and embracing technology.Building on four...

Fidelity outlines on-chain fund plans

Fidelity Investments is to issue and record shares for the Fidelity Treasury Digital Fund on the Ethereum blockchain.In a submission to the Securities and...

Evolve Funds chooses Gemini as custodian

Evolve Funds Group has chosen Gemini to act as custodian for its two newly launched leveraged exchange traded funds.The Canadian fund group, which boasts...

Hamilton Lane unveils tokenised infra fund

Hamilton Lane will offer a private infrastructure fund in tokenised form on the Republic platform.The private markets investment manager announced it will be using...

Janus Henderson lands $200m for on-chain fund

Janus Henderson and Web3 native asset manager Anemoy have been awarded £154m ($200m) for an actively managed, on-chain fund that offers access to short-term...

Canary Capital proposes new launch

Digital assets investment group, Canary Capital, is seeking permission from the US Securities and Exchange Commission to launch an exchanged traded fund (ETF) tied...

Alternatives group launches Bitcoin hedge fund

Syz Capital, the alternatives investment arm of the family owned Syz Group, has launched a Bitcoin denominated hedge fund.The company, which specialises in alternative...

Embrace tokenisation for better margins, fund groups told

Calastone has revealed that tokenisation holds the potential to unlock over $135 billion in cost savings for the asset management industry.  The global funds...

Is digitalisation key to private market liquidity?

It has escaped the notice of few in the City that companies are shunning the option to list on the London market, choosing instead...

Legal & General IM’s money market drive

Of all the adages about wholesale change taking time to achieve, the turning round of an oil tanker seems the most applicable to the...

Meet the Investment Association’s innovation lead

Q&A with John Allan, Head of Innovation and Operations Unit, The Investment AssociationCapital Pioneer: What’s the IA’s role within tokenisation and the shift to digital assets? John...

WisdomTree slashes prices on Bitcoin ETP

WisdomTree has slashed fees on its European-listed Physical Bitcoin exchange traded product to 0.25%, with effect from February 2025.The fee change is to align...

DLT fixed income issuance leaps in 2024

The volume of fixed income issued through distributed ledger technology surged in 2024 according to The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME).Its DLT...

Asset managers scramble for digital asset prize

INVESTMENT managers have become increasingly vocal in their support of digital assets in recent months.Back in December, as Bitcoin achieved regulatory and adoption milestones...

Franklin Templeton launches tokenised Lux fund

Franklin Templeton has launched its first fully tokenised, Luxembourg-domiciled UCITS product.The Franklin OnChain US Government Money Fund sits under its newly established Franklin Templeton...

XDC Network celebrates launch

XDC Network has launched the first funds on its platform in token form, in collaboration with Archax, the digital asset exchange and custodian.The first...