Yesterday, French regulator AMF updated its list of digital asset licenses to include AXA Investment Management, as first reported by Coindesk. The asset manager has a license for digital asset custody, to buy and sell digital assets and trade them.
The two other well-known institutions with AMF licenses include Societe Generale Forge, which received its license in September last year and Caisse des Depots, the state-owned social impact bank which has long been an innovator in the digital assets sector.
AXA IM and Societe Generale – Forge have an existing relationship. Lastyear, the asset manager invested in the European Investment Bank’s blockchain bond on behalf of AXA France. SocGen managed the Ethereum issuance using its infrastructure and sold the bonds to AXA IM.
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