華爾街金融服務公司 Lazard 計劃與 Bitfinex 證券創建代幣化基金

傳統金融產品的代幣化是數位資產產業中一個蓬勃發展的領域，貝萊德、匯豐銀行以及現在的拉札德等全球公司都進入了這個領域。

Wall Street financial services firm Lazard is planning to create tokenized funds with Bitfinex Securities and SkyBridge Invest, according to a Friday announcement.

根據週五的公告，華爾街金融服務公司 Lazard 計劃與 Bitfinex Securities 和 SkyBridge Invest 合作創建代幣化基金。

The tokenized funds will be set up and issued under Kazakhstan's financial services law, under regulatory oversight of Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA), where SkyBridge and Bitfinex are licensed to operate. Bitfinex Securities will be responsible for the tokenization process, while SkyBridge will act as broker and manager of the tokenized fund. The products will be available to retail users, but with certain geographic limitations, and available to be purchased with Tether's stablecoin (USDT).

這些代幣化基金將根據哈薩克的金融服務法設立和發行，並接受阿斯塔納金融服務管理局（AFSA）的監管，SkyBridge 和 Bitfinex 均獲得該管理局的營運許可。 Bitfinex 證券將負責代幣化過程，而 SkyBridge 將充當代幣化基金的經紀人和管理者。這些產品將向零售用戶開放，但有一定的地域限制，並且可以透過 Tether 的穩定幣（USDT）購買。

Representatives of the companies involved signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) toward creating the tokenized funds on Friday in Lugano, Switzerland at a side event during the Plan B conference.

週五，在瑞士盧加諾的 Plan B 會議期間的一次會外活動中，相關公司的代表簽署了一份關於創建代幣化基金的諒解備忘錄 (MoU)。

The vehicle will offer exposure in a "fund of funds" structure to various existing Lazard-managed funds focused on global equities and emerging market equities, which have been available only to professional investors and institutions before, Matthias Kruse, managing director at Lazard, told CoinDesk.

Lazard 董事總經理 Matthias Kruse 表示，該工具將以「基金中的基金」結構向Lazard 管理的各種現有基金提供投資機會，這些基金專注於全球股票和新興市場股票，而此前這些基金只向專業投資者和機構開放。

"We are a B2B [business-to-business] investment firm, and this is a good way for us to service retail investors," Kruse said. Kruse also touted tokenization as a process that improves efficiency, liquidity and helps lower operational costs.

「我們是一家 B2B（企業對企業）投資公司，這是我們服務散戶投資者的好方法，」克魯斯說。克魯斯也稱讚代幣化是一種提高效率、流動性並有助於降低營運成本的過程。

Tokenization of real-world assets (RWA) is a rapidly growing sector in the intersection of digital assets and traditional finance that involves placing assets such as bonds, credit and funds on blockchain rails. Participants do so in pursuit of faster settlements and increased efficiency compared to traditional financial plumbing.

現實世界資產的代幣化（RWA）是數位資產和傳統金融交叉領域中一個快速成長的領域，涉及將債券、信貸和基金等資產置於區塊鏈軌道上。與傳統的金融管道相比，參與者這樣做是為了追求更快的結算和更高的效率。

The tokenization trend came to the forefront this year with global banks and asset managers, including BlackRock, HSBC starting offering tokenized products. The RWA market is poised to become a multi-trillion dollar market over the coming years, according to McKinsey, BCG, 21Shares and Bernstein.

今年，代幣化趨勢成為最前沿，包括貝萊德、匯豐銀行在內的全球銀行和資產管理公司開始提供代幣化產品。麥肯錫、BCG、21Shares 和 Bernstein 表示，RWA 市場預計將在未來幾年成為一個價值數兆美元的市場。

Lazard's asset management business has $245 billion of assets under management (AUM). SkyBridge Invest is a Kazakhstan-based investment services firm, different from SkyBridge Capital of veteran Wall Street hedge funder Anthony Scaramucci. Bitfinex Securities is a licensed trading venue in El Salvador and Kazakhstan. Bitfinex Securities is the tokenization platform arm of crypto trading venue Bitfinex.

Lazard 的資產管理業務管理資產 (AUM) 達 2,450 億美元。 SkyBridge Invest是一家總部位於哈薩克的投資服務公司，與華爾街資深對沖基金家安東尼·斯卡拉穆奇(Anthony Scaramucci)旗下的SkyBridge Capital不同。 Bitfinex 證券是薩爾瓦多和哈薩克的許可交易場所。 Bitfinex 證券是加密貨幣交易場所 Bitfinex 的代幣化平台部門。