Investments

Schroders launches Global Digital Assets Centre in Singapore

Schroders, one of the UK’s largest asset managers, has launched a Global Digital Assets Centre of Excellence in Singapore to advance its capabilities in...

“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...

UK regulator urges industry to back tokenisation

The chief executive of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has urged the fund management industry to invest in its tokenisation and digital assets capabilities...

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...

Bitwise Europe announced as Capital Pioneer DAS sponsor

Bitwise Europe has joined the growing roster of sponsors for Capital Pioneer’s Digital Asset Summit in October.The company, which issued Germany’s first crypto exchange...

Revealed: First UK tokenised fund

Baillie Gifford is the first asset manager to launch a fully tokenised fund in the UK.The tokenised fund is a feeder to Baillie Gifford’s...

Valour lists four ETPs on Swedish exchange

The march toward mainstream adoption of digital assets continues as Valour, a subsidiary of DeFi Technologies, has listed four new exchange-traded products (ETPs) on...

Disintermediation and revenue loss likely, warns Franklin boss

Traditional capital markets firms will have to change fee structures, suffer short-term revenue losses from intermediary functions and potentially suffer near-term balance sheet disruption.That’s...

Northern Trust outlines futureproofing strategy

Northern Trust has laid out the extent of its preparatory work in digital assets at Morgan Stanley’s investment conference focussed on strategic growth and...

Franklin Templeton offers intraday yields through platform

Franklin Templeton has launched a new intraday yield feature on its blockchain-integrated investment platform “Benji”.The feature allows investors to earn returns on tokenised securities...

Trust in an institutional digital asset future

In my last article I discussed how policy and regulatory developments in the United States might be conducive to faster and more widespread adoption...

NYSE boss: Investors adjusting growth projections

Institutional investors are adjusting their growth projections for companies seeking to IPO, according to Michael Harris, Global Head of Capital Markets at NYSE.Addressing delegates...

ICMA to lead Project Guardian fixed income workstream

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has been named as the lead for the fixed income workstream within Project Guardian.Project Guardian was launched as...

Kraken to launch tokenised US stocks

Trading platform Kraken has announced a partnership with Backed and the Solana Foundation to introduce tokenised US-listed stocks and ETFs to investors worldwide.The new...

BNP Paribas AM trials blockchain-based MMF shares

BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has launched a project to test natively tokenised Money Market Fund (MMF) shares, using blockchain technology for cross-border...

Insurers urged to consider Bitcoin amid inflation pressures

A UK consulting firm is urging insurers to consider investing in bitcoin, claiming a small allocation to the cryptocurrency could improve diversification and long-term...