• Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Bank formed a four-party consortium with MUFG Asset Management, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities, Progmat to run Japan’s first domestically domiciled tokenized investment trust pilot.
• The group set up the pilot fund on Aug. 31, 2026, to test issuance, asset management, custody, rights administration, tokenization infrastructure in a live environment.
• The fund will not be offered or sold to external investors, with the project focused on building operational know-how for future commercialization.
• Partners plan to widen testing to broader investor distribution, tighter integration with stablecoins or tokenized deposits to support on-chain financial services.

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