Two financial titans, JPMorgan Chase and Apollo, have revealed their collaborative efforts to establish an enterprise mainnet through the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Project Guardian pilot project. This pioneering initiative aims to test and enhance digital assets for more efficient investment and management of discretionary portfolios, addressing challenges related to automated portfolio rebalancing and […]
UBS, SBI, and DBS have achieved a groundbreaking milestone by conducting the world’s first live repurchase transaction (repo) with a natively-issued digital bond on a public blockchain. This revolutionary transaction automatically and instantly settled a repo, digital bond purchase, and redemption using regulated digital payment tokens across entities in Japan, Singapore, and Switzerland. Part of […]
In a significant move towards fostering innovation in the asset management sector, the Economic Secretary to the Treasury’s Asset Management Taskforce, following its re-establishment in April 2023, has unveiled a Technology Working Group. Chaired by Michelle Scrimgeour, CEO of Legal and General Investment Management (LGIM), the group comprises industry experts collaborating closely with the Financial […]
