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Tokenisation of Funds
Fintech Insights #11 –
Tokenising Fund Units
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Fintech Insights #11 –
Tokenising Fund Units

Malta has uniquely positioned itself at the crossroads of EU legislative initiatives of investment funds and digital assets. The island has steadily built a forward-thinking fintech ecosystem whilst at the same time maintained an investment fund framework which is comparable to those with the EU’s largest jurisdictions by assets-under-management (“AUM”).  This makes Malta the ideal EU jurisdiction to set up a tokenised investment fund. In June 2025, the Malta Financial Services Authority (“MFSA”) published a detailed ‘Position Paper on Tokenisation of Fund Units’ (the “Position Paper”), reflecting Malta’s ongoing pioneering approach to digital finance and asset management. The paper emphasises…
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