Tokenisation: The Blockchain Revolution For Funds

There is a growing buzz around 'tokenisation' of securities. In this article, Tom Carey and Matt Brehaut describe what tokenisation is (and - just as importantly - isn't), how it works, how they think it is likely to change the funds industry, and how Guernsey is well placed to be at the forefront of this revolution.

Although this is a developing area, many billions of assets under management have already been tokenised. High profile managers such as Franklin Templeton, Abrdn, KKR, Mitsui and Hamilton Lane have already launched tokenised products. Tokenised assets nonetheless still represent a tiny percentage of the funds industry. We expect this area to grow exponentially in the coming years.