Funds

Archax launches first privacy-wrapped tokenised funds

Archax-managed tokenised funds from the world’s leading asset managers have gone live on Applied Blockchain’s Silent Data. This move gives institutional investors on-chain access to regulated...

Ripple to power Aviva’s fund tokenisation

Aviva Investors and Ripple have partnered with the joint intention of tokenising traditional fund structures. Through the collaboration, Ripple will support Aviva as part of...

CSSF refreshes crypto guidance for funds

The CSSF has updated its FAQ: Crypto-Assets – Undertakings for collective investment, formerly titled FAQ Virtual Assets – Undertakings for collective investment, to reflect...

Morgan Stanley files for spot Bitcoin ETF

Morgan Stanley has become the latest major US institution to seek approval for a spot Bitcoin exchange‑traded fund, filing a Form S‑1 with the...

Kraken lists $KULA token

Kula, a decentralised investment firm focused on real‑world assets in emerging markets, has listed its governance token, $KULA, on Kraken. The move brings the...

Irish funds industry calls for mainstream tokenisation adoption

Ireland’s funds industry has urged policymakers and asset managers to accelerate the mainstream adoption of tokenisation, arguing that the technology is now proven and...

Industry responds to FCA’s tokenisation plans

Mobius, a modern pension investment platform, has submitted a response to the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consultation on progressing fund tokenisation in the UK....

UBS completes first tokenised fund transaction

UBS has executed its first live tokenised fund transaction leveraging the Chainlink Digital Transfer Agent (DTA) technical standard. The completion marks the first on-chain subscription...

Tokenised MMFs cleared for UK–EU collateral use, says GDF

Global Digital Finance (GDF) has published a landmark report and sandbox results demonstrating the legal and operational viability of tokenised money market funds (TMMFs)...

Tokenised funds bridge DeFi and TradFi

The convergence of traditional asset management and decentralised finance has pushed the opportunity for tokenised funds to $235 billion. According to research by Calastone, asset...

Standard Chartered deepens crypto push

SC Ventures, the venture arm of Standard Chartered, has committed $250 million to a digital assets fund, Bloomberg reported, in the latest sign of institutional...

New funds broaden digital access

CI Global Asset Management (CI GAM) has enhanced a series of its digital asset investment funds.The initiatives include the launch of CI Galaxy Core...

Franklin Templeton: Using market intel as a compass

Since last year, global asset management businesses have been scrambling to illustrate that they are making progress in blockchain and digital asset adoption.The revolutionary...

QNB achieves Money Market Fund first

Qatar National Bank is to launch Dubai’s first ever tokenised money market fund within the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) in partnership with blockchain...

“No longer innovation. It’s preparation” – Generali’s tokenised future

One of Europe’s largest insurance investors has urged peers to get to develop and deploy a tokenisation and digital asset strategy – or be...

Janus Henderson to launch CLO fund on-chain

Janus Henderson investors is to launch its AAA Collateralised Loan Obligation (CLO) strategy “JAAA” as an on-chain investment product.The strategy – which is also...