Baillie Gifford launches UK’s first ever tokenised fund Investing Baillie Gifford has launched the UK’s first ever fully tokenised investment fund, in a move that will grant savers the opportunity to invest in short-dated bonds via blockchain-based tokens. The Scottish investment house unveiled its Enhanced Yield Fund on Tuesday, with a mandate actively to manage investors money in a variety of short-term corporate and [...]
Britain and America must shape the rules for digital assets together Opinion Digital assets are not just a fintech trend, they are changing how value is created, exchanged and settled in the global economy, says Lord Kulveer Ranger The race to shape the rules for digital assets is no longer theoretical — it is already underway, and it is moving fast. Across the world, governments are beginning to [...]
Law Society welcomes crypto’s new legal status Crypto The Law Society has welcomed the government’s new Property (Digital Assets etc) Act, which passed into law last week and places cryptos, NFTs and other digital tokens as personal property. This settles years of uncertainty over whether digital assets could be owned, inherited, or recovered in court – a grey area that has frustrated investors [...]
Crypto isn’t dying. Here’s what the next five years will hold September 23, 2025 What will crypto look like in the next five years? Very different to the playground of the last five, writes Paul Armstrong.
CMC Markets eyes Web 3.0 as profit jumps June 5, 2025 Profit at the Lord Cruddas-founded CMC Markets jumped 33 per cent last year to £84.5m, as the group launches a new campaign to enter the ‘Web 3.0’ space. Net operating income came in at £340.1m, a two per cent increase on the previous financial year but below expectations of £359m, the firm revealed in its [...]