• Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank launched a tokenized-fund pilot with Securitize Japan, Fireblocks, Amova Asset Management UK, G.A.S. (Cayman), SMT Fund Services (Ireland).
• Pilot to tokenize beneficiary interests in a Cayman-domiciled money-market fund on a public blockchain as “electronically recorded transferable securities.”
• Aims for full-scale digital securities issuance in fiscal 2026, testing investor-protection issues tied to public blockchains.
• Group to build an integrated setup covering fund management, investor registration, asset custody, issuance, redemption.
• Project could be the first by a Japanese trust bank to issue tokens for foreign investment trust beneficiary interests on a public blockchain.

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