Investments

Tokenised fund pioneers urge industry progress

One of the pioneers of tokenised investment products has urged UK fund managers to begin tokenising their products, arguing that broader participation is now...

SS&C adds digi cash settlement to tokenised fund flows

SS&C Technologies plans to introduce digital cash settlement for tokenised investment transactions, expanding the capabilities it launched earlier this year for issuing and distributing...

GDF urges US action on tokenised MMFs

Global Digital Finance (GDF), the industry association representing firms across digital assets, market infrastructure and tokenisation, has called for urgent US regulatory alignment to...

The weakest link in fund tokenisation

For years, the tokenisation debate has focused on digitising assets. Asset managers, banks and infrastructure providers have explored how funds, bonds and private market...

Euroclear and SG-FORGE explore USD stablecoin settlement

Euroclear and Societe Generale-FORGE (SG-FORGE) will collaborate to explore how digital cash solutions could support the issuance and settlement of short-term funding instruments in US dollars.  The collaboration will assess...

Archax adds tGBP access for tokenised RWAs

Tokenised GBP (tGBP), the British Pound stablecoin issuer, has signed a distribution agreement with Archax for access to tokenised real-world assets (RWAs). Under this agreement, holders of tGBP will now be able...

Baillie Gifford launches first public fully native UK tokenised fund

Baillie Gifford has launched the Baillie Gifford Enhanced Yield Fund (BAGEY) with BNY, the first publicly available, fully native UK-regulated tokenised fund. The fund, which is...

Euronext introduces fully digitised listing offering

Euronext has launched IPOgo, a listings offering for SMEs to provide end-to-end digital execution of IPOs. The firm said the product can offer a simpler, faster and more cost-effective IPO experience on Euronext Growth.  In line with the EU Listing...

Archax launches tokenised US Treasury product

Archax has launched a tokenised, perpetual US Treasury Bill (T-Bill) product, designed to align with high-quality liquid assets (HQLA) principles.  The fund, $GOVY, gives investors direct, legally-enforceable exposure to auto-rolling, short-dated US...

Amundi launches tokenised share classes

Amundi has launched tokenised share classes for the Amundi Money Market Fund – Short Term through its collaboration with CACEIS and Ant International. The share...

Pioneering Conversations: Interview with BNY’s Ben Slavin

For this week's Pioneering Conversation, gain insights from BNY's Ben Slavin from an interview originally published in issue six of Capital Pioneer magazine.Innovation is...

Janus Henderson’s approach to innovation

For many traditional financial players, the concept of a boardroom meeting focused on blockchain and digital assets in 2021 would have seemed like a...

FCA consults on fund access to crypto ETNs

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on proposals that would allow certain authorised funds to hold cryptoasset exchange-traded notes (cETNs), while setting out...

CFTC opens door to regulated crypto perps

Coinbase and Kalshi, a prediction markets platform, have received the green light from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to introduce perpetual crypto futures. For...

Pioneering Conversations: Interview with LMAX Group’s Jenna Wright

As demand for gold exposure surges, brokers and professional traders are increasingly looking for efficient, always-on access to traditional assets, whether through spot, CFDs...

Bitwise launches ETP with exposure to Canton Network’s native token

Bitwise has listed an exchange‑traded product on Deutsche Börse Xetra, giving professional investors access to CC, the native token of the Canton Network.The Bitwise...