Graham Rodford, CEO, Co-founder of Archax, the UK regulated digital asset venue, said:
It’s been great working with @BaillieGifford on this project, a natively digital fund with books and records on chain. @TFGolden and the team have been approaching this with a view to the future from the start. https://t.co/UrBsFLfPLa
— Graham (@Grodfather) June 21, 2025
Theo Golden, investment manager at Baillie Gifford, said:
We created the UK's first fully tokenised UCITS and on a public blockchain!
Awesome to see our tokenisation pilot @BaillieGifford out in the open. We launched the Strategic Bond Feeder Fund, structured as a UK UCITS, and the first fully tokenised regulated fund in the UK 1/
— Theo Golden, CFA (@TFGolden) June 20, 2025
Many thanks to the Investment Association, the brilliant @TheFCA, and our awesome friends @ArchaxEx for making this happen. 3/
— Theo Golden, CFA (@TFGolden) June 20, 2025
By tokenising the Strategic Bond Feeder Fund, we’re not just exploring new territory – we’re actively shaping the future of asset management.” A very cool part of the pilot included myself holding the fund's tokens in my self-custodied wallet. 5/
— Theo Golden, CFA (@TFGolden) June 20, 2025
— Theo Golden, CFA (@TFGolden) June 20, 2025
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