Montpensier Arbevel Focus Small 2030, with CACEIS as depositary, is taking part in the world’s first natively tokenised IPO on Lise. For the first time, a small-cap alternative investment fund is subscribing to a natively tokenised IPO. The Montpensier Arbevel Focus Small 2030 fund took part in the IPO of ST Group on Lise –…
Category: Digital Assets
State Street to launch tokenised fund service
State Street intends to deliver a tokenised fund servicing capability from Luxembourg by the end of 2026. State Street Investment Management is expected to be an early adopter of the service. The capability will be delivered through State Street’s digital asset platform.
SG-FORGE appoints chief business officer
Gildas Le Treut has been appointed chief business officer for SG-FORGE, the digital assets service provider that is wholly owned by Société Générale. Le Treut has spent eight years at SGSS, most recently as a member of the ExCo and co-head of coverage, marketing & solutions, based in Paris.
NTRS integrates with Canton Network
Northern Trust has entered into an agreement with Digital Asset Holdings to support the development of custody capabilities for tokenised financial assets. As part of this agreement, Northern Trust will integrate with Canton Network’s infrastructure to develop and deploy applications that bridge digital and traditional markets, supporting institutional grade custody and asset servicing workflows for…
Apex collaborates with Zodia
Apex has formed a collaboration between European Depositary Bank, an Apex company, and Zodia Custody, the institution-first digital assets platform with shareholders and investors including Standard Chartered, Northern Trust, SBI Holdings, National Australia Bank, and Emirates NBD. The initiative, which is subject to the relevant regulatory approvals for EDB across Europe, will support the development…
BNPP pilots tokenised MM fund
BNP Paribas Asset Management has issued a tokenised share class of an existing French-domiciled money market fund, recorded on public blockchain infrastructure. The initiative relies on a permissioned access model on Ethereum, restricting holding and transfers to authorised participants within a regulated framework. BNP Paribas’ securities services business acted as transfer agent and fund dealing services…
State Street launches digital assets platform
State Street has belatedly launched a digital assets platform, which includes wallet management, custody and cash capabilities, designed to support tokenised product development across jurisdictions covering both private and public permissioned blockchain networks. State Street’s digital asset strategy has stuttered ever since Nadine Chakar, global head of digital assets, left in 2022 after barely a…
BNY moves to tokenise deposits
BNY has taken the first step in its strategy to tokenise deposits by enabling the on chain mirrored representation of client deposit balances on its digital assets platform. Early participants include financial institutions and digital natives. Beginning with collateral and margin workflow use cases, this launch extends BNY’s cash capabilities by creating on-chain digital book…
DTCC partners with Digital Asset & Canton
DTTC has partnered with Digital Asset and the Canton Network to enable the tokenisation of DTC custodied assets on the Canton Network. The partnership follows DTC’s recent receipt of a No-Action Letter from the SEC to implement and operate a new service to tokenise real-world, DTC-custodied assets. Through this partnership, DTCC plans to enable a…
DTC to tokenise real-world assets
DTC, a subsidiary of DTCC, has received a No-Action Letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission to offer, under federal securities laws and regulations, a new service to tokenise real-world, DTC-custodied assets in a controlled production environment. DTC anticipates beginning to roll out the service in the second half of 2026. The No-Action Letter authorises DTC…