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Northern Trust Testing Fractionlized Bonds on Blockchain

News Feed - 2019-11-15 03:11:55

Custody bank Northern Trust is testing the trading of fractionalized bonds on a blockchain. 


Working with Singapore-based debt markets company BondEvalue, the bank is providing asset servicing for large, high-grade bonds that will be tokenized and divided for retail investors on Hyperledger Sawtooth. These bonds are normally too large for individual investors, but the quality of the bonds is attractive.


The move shows Northern Trust’s continued interest in the technology after it developedthen  sold its private equities blockchain, which shortens the time to market for new high-tech private equity funds. With $124.3 billion in assets, Northern Trust is the 24th largest bank in the U.S.


“We’re building capabilities we feel will be reusable across multiple asset classes and multiple jurisdictions,” Justin Chapman, global head of market advocacy and innovation research at Northern Trust, said of the new bond pilot. “Our focus on this initiative is to help bring the exchange to life and then we offer the highest grade asset servicing capability in that digital environment.”


Through the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Sandbox Express, BondEvalue was givenpermission to launch a blockchain-based bond exchange in Singapore. Northern Trust will custody tokenized bonds and conduct transactions with the regulator’s oversight. 


If the pilot is successful, the bank plans to also participate in the development of BondEvalue’s business model. 


Northern Trust image via Shutterstock

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