Invesco has previously issued crypto linked exchange traded funds, but now the asset manager (AUM $1.9 trillion) is making its first steps into tokenization of real world assets (RWA) by partnering Singapore’s DigiFT. The first fund to be tokenized is a senior private credit fund, to meet the strong appetite for alternative investments.
Invesco is the latest in a raft of big name asset managers to embrace fund tokenization, with Franklin Templeton leaning in early and BlackRock’s BUIDL grabbing the headlines.
This is the second major brand landed by DigiFT. Just three months ago, DigiFT was announced as the first distribution partner for uMint, the UBS tokenized money market fund. DigiFT is regulated in Singapore with both a capital markets and a market operator license allowing it to engage in both issuance and operate a secondary marketplace.
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