25th January 2023 Digital Bytes

Welcome to this week’s Digital Bytes. This week we have analysis on the following topics:

How blockchains are being used by asset managers - undoubtedly, the fund industry has seen massive growth in terms of the number of funds and total assets under management in the last decade. Despite this, fund houses still rely on long, complex chains of distribution which make building investor relationships and controlling distribution costs difficult. However, asset managers are beginning to understand the transformative potential of both distributive ledger technology (DLT) and blockchain technology which enable digitisation/tokenisation of funds, shares, debt instruments, etc, whereby reducing inefficiencies in fund distribution and offering greater transparency for regulators.

Cryptos: how to obtain exposure - in the last few weeks, the price of many crypto currencies has risen considerably and we have had a number of readers asking whether now is the time to increase their own exposure. The…