28 Jun 2024
Digital assets: MAS expands collaboration to ramp up asset tokenisation initiatives
In this week’s roundup, we look at Singapore’s financial watchdog looking to develop asset tokenisation standards across various asset classes, Cega’s new shark fin products, and more.
30 Oct 2023
Valour: franchising has arrived to crypto ETP market
Earlier this Summer, DeFi Technologies’ subsidiary Valour partnered with Swiss cryptocurrency firm Bitcoin Suisse to issue exchange-traded-products (ETPs) backed by physical digital assets.
12 Sep 2023
Digital assets: global crypto ETP AuM up by 50% YTD, protected structures gain traction
In this week’s roundup, we also look at a new fully protected structure issued by Bitget; the introduction of the staking in physical ether ETP by WisdomTree, StanChart’s application to launch a digital asset in Abu Dhabi, and more.
12 Jun 2023
DeFi: BOCI, UBS partner in first HK tokenised structured notes
The notes which were originated by the Swiss bank and placed to its clients in Hong Kong are the first tokenised security issued by a Chinese bank.
23 May 2023
Iosco tough cop on the beat, seeks answers on cryptos
The consultation report aims to address market integrity and investor protection issues in crypto-asset markets by Q4 2023.
02 May 2023
Digital asset structured notes gain momentum, MSCI deploys crypto index via ETP
New asymmetric strategies and capital protected structures linked to digital assets in focus; ETC Group launches first crypto ETP linked to MSCI play; DeFi protocol gains further support; and more.
07 Feb 2023
Latest: Marex makes first foray into DeFi products
Marex Solutions - a division of Marex specialising in the manufacture and distribution of customised derivative products – has entered into a partnership with MEV Capital, an EU-based digital asset manager specialised in finding and extracting value from the burgeoning Decentralised Finance (DeFi) market.
09 Jan 2023
SRP in brief: the big kick off
The first In Brief of 2023 contains a mixture of products, people moves and legislation.
14 Sep 2022
Crypto ecosystem fuels product innovation
In the structured products realm, the initial focus on bitcoin and ethereum trackers is giving way to a full ecosystem of products with many variations and a growing options market.
12 Sep 2022
TradFi - catching up
Traditional financial institutions are increasingly looking at leveraging blockchain technology to improve efficiency, increase transparency and reduce costs.
09 Sep 2022
Slowly but surely – the unstoppable Blockchain
Distributed ledgers, blockchains and smart contracts are posed to have a transformational effect in business, government and society, but also in the structured products market.
11 Aug 2022
Cryptos: Singapore market maker aims at exotic options, structured products
The cryptocurrency markets experienced their first sustained rally since March as most digital assets began to bounce back from their low levels of the last few months.