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Reuters
5 days ago
- Business
- Reuters
Apex Group and ZIGChain Forge Strategic Alliance to Launch Tokenized Fund Infrastructure
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, July 24, 2025 (EZ Newswire) -- In a significant alignment between global finance and next-generation blockchain infrastructure, Apex Group, opens new tab — a $3.4 trillion fund administrator — and ZIGChain, opens new tab have announced a strategic alliance to launch the region's first fully regulated, on-chain fund ecosystem focused on real-world asset (RWA) tokenization. The initiative is being launched in partnership with founding members Truleum Venture Partners, Tokeny, and Zamanat. Unveiled at an exclusive gathering in Dubai, the alliance brings together industry leaders in fund administration, tokenization compliance, asset management, and regulatory design. Its goal is to deliver a modular, Shariah-compliant infrastructure for launching and managing trillions in tokenized funds — deployed natively on ZIGChain and built to meet institutional standards. This marks a major turning point in the institutional adoption of tokenized finance. By tokenizing entire fund structures rather than individual assets, blockchain integration becomes more operationally viable for large financial institutions. For Apex Group, this move reflects a clear strategic trajectory in Web3 infrastructure, following its acquisition of Tokeny and now expanding into fully on-chain fund ecosystems, where permitted in terms of the applicable regulatory frameworks. 'This is the institutional blueprint for unlocking the global fund market,' said Abdul Rafay Gadit, co-founder of ZIGChain. 'Apex Group's reach, Tokeny's compliance architecture, and Truleum's regulatory expertise — tied together on ZIGChain — form an institutional-grade foundation for a new era of on-chain capital markets. It's not every day that a pre-launch chain partners with one of the biggest financial institutions in the world. This is how tokenization goes mainstream, and we are honoured to help make it happen.' Apex Group is a leading provider of fund administration, financial infrastructure, and regulatory services, with operations in over 50 countries and $3.4 trillion in assets under administration. Its subsidiary Tokeny — recently acquired by Apex Group — is the creator of ERC-3643, the leading global standard for permissioned digital securities. 'This alliance is a natural extension of Apex Group's mission to modernize fund infrastructure globally,' said Christiane El Habre, managing director at Apex Group – Middle East. 'We're proud to support this first-of-its-kind initiative and help drive compliant tokenization across new markets and asset classes.' The alliance represents a long-term commitment to embedding tokenization into the global fund ecosystem. By enabling programmable, compliant fund structures with built-in regulatory guardrails, asset managers gain the tools to operate more efficiently, scale globally, and access new distribution channels in accordance with regulatory frameworks. 'Tokenization introduces a structural shift in fund management by enabling programmability, transparency, and near-instant settlement without compromising regulatory oversight. When implemented within a robust regulatory framework, it allows asset managers to launch compliant, modular funds with greater operational efficiency and global distribution potential. This alliance is a decisive step toward embedding these capabilities at an infrastructure level.' said Dr. Bhaskar Dasgupta, chairman of the Middle East Stablecoin Association (MESA) and member of the UAE Securities & Commodities Authority's Asset Management Industry Panel. The alliance reflects a broader shift underway in institutional finance, where traditional asset managers are increasingly exploring blockchain-native infrastructure to modernize fund operations. With the global asset management industry reaching $128 trillion in assets under management, opens new tab in 2024, the opportunity for tokenized, programmable fund structures is significant, and rapidly gaining traction. Zamanat, a founding member and native ZIGChain dApp, is currently pursuing over $3 billion in tokenized fund strategies to be executed through this framework. Additional institutions and service providers are in active discussions to join the alliance, signaling accelerating interest across the Middle East and beyond. As momentum builds, ZIGChain is positioning itself as the default programmable settlement layer for compliant, institution-ready fund infrastructure, anchoring the next phase of growth in on-chain asset management. About ZIGChain ZIGChain is a purpose-built Layer 1 blockchain designed to democratize access to investment opportunities, facilitate financial inclusion regardless of income level, technical skill, or geographic location. ZIGChain enables developers and institutions to launch scalable, compliant protocols for profit-sharing, fund tokenization, and real-world asset management. Its ecosystem includes Zignaly,, opens new tab a licensed social investment platform connecting over 600,000 users with more than 150 professional portfolio managers. ZIGChain also supports Zamanat, the world's first Shariah-compliant real-world asset (RWA) tokenization platform, combining ethical finance with programmable blockchain infrastructure. For more information, visit opens new tab. About Apex Group Apex Group is dedicated to driving positive change in financial services while supporting the growth and ambitions of asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, and family offices. Established in Bermuda in 2003, the Group has continually disrupted the industry through its investment in innovation and talent. Today, Apex Group sets the pace in fund and asset servicing and stands out for its unique single-source solution and unified cross asset-class platform which supports the entire value chain, harnesses leading innovative technology, and benefits from cross-jurisdictional expertise delivered by a long-standing management team and over 13,000 highly integrated professionals. Apex Group leads the industry with a broad and unmatched range of services, including capital raising, business and corporate management, fund and investor administration, portfolio and investment administration, ESG, capital markets and transactions support. These services are tailored to each client and are delivered both at the Group level and via specialist subsidiary brands. The Apex Foundation, a not-for-profit entity, is the Group's passionate commitment to empower sustainable change. To learn more, visit opens new tab. Media Contact Isabel G., Luna PRisabel@ ### SOURCE: ZIGChain Copyright 2025 EZ Newswire See release on EZ Newswire
Korea Herald
23-06-2025
- Business
- Korea Herald
MTCM Securitization Architects Partners with Tokeny to Launch Dual-Format Issuance Framework Bridging Traditional and Digital Securities
LUXEMBOURG, June 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- MTCM, a Luxembourg-based securitization platform serving clients across Europe ( the Americas, MENA, and Asia, has entered into a strategic partnership with Tokeny, the leading onchain operating system, to enable the issuance of both traditional and digital securities through a unified workflow. This collaboration marks the launch of the first dual-format issuance framework in Luxembourg, where an ISIN-listed note and a permissioned security token are minted simultaneously from the same legal compartment, ensuring full fungibility and compliance across both formats. Pedro Herranz, Managing Partner at MTCM, commenced: "The partnership with Tokeny allows us to industrialize a dual-issuance model that was previously not possible. We now produce a fungible twin issuance: one leg as an ISIN-listed note settled via a leading international CSD, the other as ERC-3643-based permissioned tokenized notes onchain. This structure enables investors and arrangers to choose between blockchain or traditional settlement, without compromising on compliance, operational efficiency, or investor protections." Luc Falempin, CEO of Tokeny, added: "The dual issuance model is a practical way to help traditional investors get familiar with the onchain format. Once they try these assets, which are faster to settle, easier to access, and enhanced with features that weren't possible before, they will naturally prefer the modernized and better way to access, manage, and transfer securities. This would definitely accelerate the demands from buy sides and drive the adoption." Under a white-label integration, Tokeny's T-REX tokenization platform has been embedded into MTCM's comprehensive end-to-end solutions. While MTCM acts as structurer, administrator and calculation agent, Tokeny provides easy-to-use interfaces to all stakeholders. The integration is now live and supports the full lifecycle of a digital issuance, from onboarding and KYC to subscription and secondary solutions, within MTCM's white-labeled investor portal. Tokeny's technology simplifies complex workflows, embedding digital identity, AML/KYC verification, wallet integration, and cap table management into a single interface, reducing onboarding friction and improving transparency for all stakeholders. This model significantly improves access, speed, and cost efficiency in structured finance. Institutional and professional investors can now self-custody digital securities, bypassing the high distribution and custodian costs typically associated with structured notes. For arrangers, this hybrid issuance opens up a wider distribution universe, combining reach through the traditional investors with new and blockchain-native investor segments. With over €2.5 billion in assets under service and a 400% increase in AUS over the past two years, MTCM continues to expand its global footprint and lead innovation in hybrid financial structuring. By merging the benefits of capital markets infrastructure with onchain efficiency, MTCM and Tokeny are redefining how structured investments are issued, distributed, and managed in a multi-rail financial future. About MTCM Founded in 2010, MTCM is a leading global securitization group with offices in Switzerland, Luxembourg, Spain, Panama, and Dubai. The firm specializes in structuring and delivering end-to-end, tailor-made securitization solutions under Luxembourg's Securitization Law. By making virtually any asset bankable and streamlining the relationship between investors and underlying exposures, MTCM empowers clients to access efficient, compliant, and scalable financing structures. The firm combines legal precision, operational agility, and deep structuring expertise to issue and manage complex financial instruments across both traditional and digital rails. As a pioneer of hybrid issuances, MTCM consistently seeks to deliver the most efficient and agile solutions by combining the strengths of traditional capital markets infrastructure with the advantages of digital technologies—offering clients seamless access to both conventional and tokenized financial instruments. At MTCM, we don't just design structures—we make things happen. About Tokeny Tokeny is a leading onchain finance platform and part of Apex Group, a global financial services provider with over 13,000 people across 112 offices in 52 countries. With seven years of proven experience, Tokeny provides financial institutions with the technical tools to represent assets on the blockchain securely and compliantly without facing complex technical hurdles. Institutions can issue, manage, and distribute securities fully onchain, benefiting from faster transfers, lower costs, and broader accessibility. Investors enjoy instant settlement, peer-to-peer transferability, and access to a growing ecosystem of tokenized assets and DeFi services. From opening new distribution channels to reducing operational friction, Tokeny enables institutions to modernize how assets move and go to market faster, without needing to be blockchain experts.
Cision Canada
23-06-2025
- Business
- Cision Canada
MTCM Securitization Architects Partners with Tokeny to Launch Dual-Format Issuance Framework Bridging Traditional and Digital Securities
LUXEMBOURG, June 23, 2025 /CNW/ -- MTCM, a Luxembourg-based securitization platform serving clients across Europe ( the Americas, MENA, and Asia, has entered into a strategic partnership with Tokeny, the leading onchain operating system, to enable the issuance of both traditional and digital securities through a unified workflow. This collaboration marks the launch of the first dual-format issuance framework in Luxembourg, where an ISIN-listed note and a permissioned security token are minted simultaneously from the same legal compartment, ensuring full fungibility and compliance across both formats. Pedro Herranz, Managing Partner at MTCM, commenced: "The partnership with Tokeny allows us to industrialize a dual-issuance model that was previously not possible. We now produce a fungible twin issuance: one leg as an ISIN-listed note settled via a leading international CSD, the other as ERC-3643-based permissioned tokenized notes onchain. This structure enables investors and arrangers to choose between blockchain or traditional settlement, without compromising on compliance, operational efficiency, or investor protections." Luc Falempin, CEO of Tokeny, added: "The dual issuance model is a practical way to help traditional investors get familiar with the onchain format. Once they try these assets, which are faster to settle, easier to access, and enhanced with features that weren't possible before, they will naturally prefer the modernized and better way to access, manage, and transfer securities. This would definitely accelerate the demands from buy sides and drive the adoption." Under a white-label integration, Tokeny's T-REX tokenization platform has been embedded into MTCM's comprehensive end-to-end solutions. While MTCM acts as structurer, administrator and calculation agent, Tokeny provides easy-to-use interfaces to all stakeholders. The integration is now live and supports the full lifecycle of a digital issuance, from onboarding and KYC to subscription and secondary solutions, within MTCM's white-labeled investor portal. Tokeny's technology simplifies complex workflows, embedding digital identity, AML/KYC verification, wallet integration, and cap table management into a single interface, reducing onboarding friction and improving transparency for all stakeholders. This model significantly improves access, speed, and cost efficiency in structured finance. Institutional and professional investors can now self-custody digital securities, bypassing the high distribution and custodian costs typically associated with structured notes. For arrangers, this hybrid issuance opens up a wider distribution universe, combining reach through the traditional investors with new and blockchain-native investor segments. With over €2.5 billion in assets under service and a 400% increase in AUS over the past two years, MTCM continues to expand its global footprint and lead innovation in hybrid financial structuring. By merging the benefits of capital markets infrastructure with onchain efficiency, MTCM and Tokeny are redefining how structured investments are issued, distributed, and managed in a multi-rail financial future. About MTCM Founded in 2010, MTCM is a leading global securitization group with offices in Switzerland, Luxembourg, Spain, Panama, and Dubai. The firm specializes in structuring and delivering end-to-end, tailor-made securitization solutions under Luxembourg's Securitization Law. By making virtually any asset bankable and streamlining the relationship between investors and underlying exposures, MTCM empowers clients to access efficient, compliant, and scalable financing structures. The firm combines legal precision, operational agility, and deep structuring expertise to issue and manage complex financial instruments across both traditional and digital rails. As a pioneer of hybrid issuances, MTCM consistently seeks to deliver the most efficient and agile solutions by combining the strengths of traditional capital markets infrastructure with the advantages of digital technologies—offering clients seamless access to both conventional and tokenized financial instruments. At MTCM, we don't just design structures—we make things happen. About Tokeny Tokeny is a leading onchain finance platform and part of Apex Group, a global financial services provider with over 13,000 people across 112 offices in 52 countries. With seven years of proven experience, Tokeny provides financial institutions with the technical tools to represent assets on the blockchain securely and compliantly without facing complex technical hurdles. Institutions can issue, manage, and distribute securities fully onchain, benefiting from faster transfers, lower costs, and broader accessibility. Investors enjoy instant settlement, peer-to-peer transferability, and access to a growing ecosystem of tokenized assets and DeFi services. From opening new distribution channels to reducing operational friction, Tokeny enables institutions to modernize how assets move and go to market faster, without needing to be blockchain experts.
Finextra
21-05-2025
- Business
- Finextra
Apex acquires majority stake in tokenisation firm
Fund administrator Apex Group has acquired a controlling stake in Luxembourg-based Tokeny in a move designed to spearhead a push into the tokenisation market. 2 This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. Tokenisation, whereby securities are represented on a blockchain-based, distributed ledger, has been seen as a way for the investment industry to embrace digital technology and reach a broader audience of potential investors. Following an initial investment in December 2023, Apex will eventually control 100% of the company over the next three years. According to Apex, the deal shows the fund services firm's commitment to push the institutional adoption of the tokenisation as well as bolstering its own digital assets infrastructure. 'Tokenisation is a foundational shift in how assets will be managed, distributed, and accessed," said Peter Hughes, founder and CEO of Apex Group. "Our strengthened partnership with Tokeny is key to delivering on our vision to be the infrastructure provider in the digital era of finance.' 'Expanding our partnership to now being part of Apex Group enables us to move faster and serve more institutions with a truly global footprint," added Luc Falempin, Tokeny CEO. "We're proud to align with their vision to deliver tangible innovation to the financial industry.'
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Apex Group Buys Majority Stake in Tokenization Specialist Tokeny as RWA Trend Soars
Apex Group, a financial services provider with more than $3 trillion in assets under administration, said on Tuesday it had acquired a majority stake in Tokeny, a Luxembourg-based firm that helps institutions tokenize real-world assets (RWA) on public blockchains. According to the deal, Apex expects to take full ownership of Tokeny over the next three years, after first investing in the company in late 2023, Apex said in a press release. The companies did not disclose the terms of the acquisition in the press release, and a spokesperson did not immediately return a request for comment. The acquisition comes as more traditional financial firms are looking at tokenization as the next frontier in capital markets, using blockchain technology for moving assets like bonds, funds and other securities. For institutional investors, the process promises simpler cross-border transactions, faster settlement and new liquidity channels. Tokenized assets could be a $18 trillion market by 2033, a report from BCG and Ripple last month projected. "Tokenization is a foundational shift in how assets will be managed, distributed, and accessed," Apex founder and CEO Peter Hughes said in a statement. "Our strengthened partnership with Tokeny is key to delivering on our vision to be the infrastructure provider in the digital era of finance." Tokeny's infrastructure has already been used to tokenize over $32 billion in assets, supporting the full life cycle of tokenized securities — from issuance to transfer to compliance — and is best known for establishing ERC-3643, a widely used standard for compliant digital asset transfers, the press release said. Apex said Tokeny's team and tools will be brought in-house, and it aims to offer clients a turnkey infrastructure for blockchain-based finance, layering smart contracts and decentralized protocols on top of its traditional in to access your portfolio
