Investments

Zopa raises £80m to back UK banking launch

Zopa has raised £80m in Additional Tier 1 (AT1) capital through the International Securities Market (ISM) of the London Stock Exchange.The UK-based fintech said...

Citi and SDX partner on private market tokenisation

Citi and SDX have announced a collaboration to extend the reach of tokenisation into private market investments.Through the tie up, US bank Citi will...

VanEck to launch ETF targeting digital asset economy

VanEck is preparing to launch a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) focused on the digital asset ecosystem, with a targeted launch date of May 14.The...

AMINA partners to bridge TradFi

AMINA Bank has expanded its digital asset investment offering by acting as a distributor of Enhanced Digital Group UK Limited’s (EDG) products.Through the partnership,...

Support grows for DIGIT

The UK trade body for investment managers has thrown its support behind the push to tokenise the UK’s government bond issuance.The IA released a...

BlackRock CEO: tokenisation will democratise investing

Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, has positioned tokenisation as a key opportunity to unlock accessibility and efficiency in capital markets.   In his 2025 Annual Chairman's...

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...

BNP Paribas: testing the waters

Since the dawn of civilisation, people have been meeting to buy, sell and trade goods creating a globally interconnected market that feeds into everything...

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...