Investments
Pioneering Conversations: Taking tokenised finance from pilots to platforms
For this week’s Pioneering Conversation we’re taking you through the thoughtful discussion on the progression of tokenisation from pilots to production at yesterday’s Investment Association EmTech Global conference. The panel featured insights from Catriona...
FCA issues rallying cry to the investment industry
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has called for the investment industry to be more ambitious as new regulations are introduced. Speaking at the Investment Association EmTech Global conference, Sebastian Ricketts, manager...
IA: UK investment management industry to plan for crypto regime
The Investment Association (IA) has launched a cryptoassets regime encouraging fund and investment managers to learn to navigate the changing financial landscape. The ‘UK Crypto Assets Regime: How the investment management industry can...
UK start-ups seek £130 million at Lady Mayor’s Tech Showcase
The next wave of UK tech companies will pitch for over £130 million of investment at an event hosted at The Mansion House today, Wednesday 11 March. The inaugural Lady Mayor’s Tech Scaleup...
Pioneering Conversations: Interview with FundBank’s Colm O’Driscoll
FundBank this week announced its acquisition of Trrue.io, a Layer-1 blockchain focused on sustainable investing. The acquisition marks one of the first steps the company has taken...
StoneX Digital launches digital asset lending capability
StoneX Digital has launched a digital asset lending capability, expanding the firm’s existing brokerage and financing services for institutional clients. StoneX Digital connects institutional clients to digital asset...
CoinShares ETP launches on Deutsche Börse
CoinShares has launched an exchange-traded product (ETP) on Deutsche Börse to provide investors with regulated, institutional-grade exposure to Hyperliquid's native HYPE token. The CoinShares Hyperliquid Staking ETP allows investors to participate easily and cost-effectively in...
WisdomTree receives exemptive relief from SEC
WisdomTree’s money market fund has been granted exemptive relief by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), allowing investors to trade tokenised shares intraday for $1. The SEC’s...
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...
European digital asset inflows partially offset US outflows
Digital asset investment products saw a fourth consecutive week of outflows last week, totalling $173 million. For the week ending Friday 13 February, the cumulative four-week run of outflows rose to $3.74 billion,...
Investment giants unite to put tokenisation first
Some of the world’s biggest investment managers have joined forces with the Treasury, the Financial Conduct Authority and Investment Association to accelerate the UK’s...
UK appoints HSBC for DIGIT pilot
The UK Treasury has named HSBC as the platform provider for the Digital Gilt Instrument (DIGIT) pilot issuance. The pilot is the first step in making the UK the first G7...
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...
ECB to accept DLT-issued assets as collateral
The European Central Bank has moved to bring tokenised securities into the heart of its monetary policy operations, confirming that marketable assets issued in...
Archax partners with OpenPayd on institutional fiat settlement
Archax has entered a new partnership with financial infrastructure provider OpenPayd in a move designed to remove friction from fiat settlement across its global...