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SBI Global Asset Management: Geographic Expansion

SBI's tokenised Japanese equity fund JX, previously available to qualified investors only via Singapore-based DigiFT, is now offered to Hong Kong qualified investors through licensed exchange HashKey Exchange, extending overseas distribution and planned tokenisation of other products.

Source: Fintech News Hong Kong

Who
SBI Global Asset Management · Hong Kong
What happened
SBI's tokenised Japanese equity fund JX, previously available to qualified investors only via Singapore-based DigiFT, is now offered to Hong Kong qualified investors through licensed exchange HashKey Exchange, extending overseas distribution and planned tokenisation of other products.
When
2026-11-06
So what
SBI Global Asset Management's expansion resets where the leadership need sits in the sector.

The leadership read

SBI Global Asset Management's expansion resets where the leadership need sits in the sector. Standing up a new market rewards operators with local networks and a record of building from scratch. The 12-to-18-month read across Asia favours country and commercial leadership hired close to the ground.

Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 104.6 (Hot) (up 3.6 month-on-month), Asia is at rising (+1.7pts) on signal share.

SBI Global Asset Management: 1 signal in the last 90 days.

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