Aviva Investors is preparing to tokenize traditional fund structures on the XRP Ledger as part of a new partnership with Ripple, marking the UK asset manager’s first formal step into blockchain based fund issuance. The collaboration reflects a broader push by established financial institutions to modernize asset management infrastructure through tokenization. Under the agreement, Ripple […]
Tokenized funds were initially expected to mirror traditional equity funds, with long holding periods, valuation anchored to net asset value, and limited intraday behavior. That assumption is increasingly inaccurate. As tokenized funds gain liquidity and integrate with digital settlement rails, their behavior is beginning to resemble foreign exchange markets more than equity markets. This shift […]
Tokenized funds are often discussed as a futuristic concept, but their behavior in 2025 looks surprisingly familiar. Instead of disrupting markets overnight, they are integrating quietly, much like exchange traded funds did two decades ago. At the time, ETFs were viewed as niche tools before becoming a core part of global investing. Today, tokenized funds […]
Real world asset tokenization is accelerating at a pace that signals a structural transformation across global financial markets. Bonds, investment funds, private equity vehicles, and money market instruments are increasingly being issued or represented on distributed ledger systems. The IOSCO 2025 analysis highlights how tokenization has moved beyond pilot environments and is now being built […]
