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Singapore MAS to Advance Tokenisation in Financial Services: 1) Deepen Liquidity of Tokenised Assets, 2) Develop Ecosystem to Facilitate Cross-Border Transactions, 3) Published 2 Industry Frameworks to Implement Tokenisation, 4) Access to Common Settlement Facility for Tokenised Assets

5th November 2024 | Hong Kong

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced plans to advance tokenisation in financial services: 1) Deepen liquidity of tokenised assets, 2) Develop ecosystem to facilitate cross-border transactions, 3) Published 2 industry frameworks to implement tokenisation, and 4) Access to common settlement facility for tokenised assets.  Singapore MAS (4/11/24): “The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today announced plans to advance tokenisation in financial services. These include: 1) forming commercial networks to deepen liquidity of tokenised assets; 2) developing an ecosystem of market infrastructures; 3) fostering industry frameworks for tokenised asset implementation; and 4) enabling access to common settlement facility for tokenised assets.”  More info below:

“ Singapore MAS to Advance Tokenisation in Financial Services: 1) Deepen Liquidity of Tokenised Assets, 2) Develop Ecosystem to Facilitate Cross-Border Transactions, 3) Published 2 Industry Frameworks to Implement Tokenisation, 4) Access to Common Settlement Facility for Tokenised Assets “

 



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Leong Sing Chiong, Deputy Managing Director (Markets and Development) of MAS: “MAS has seen strong interest in asset tokenisation in recent years, notably in fixed income, FX, and asset management. We are encouraged by the keen participation from financial institutions and fellow policymakers to co-create industry standards and risk management frameworks to facilitate commercial deployment of tokenised capital markets products, and scale tokenised markets on an industry wide basis.”

 

 

1) Deepening liquidity of tokenised assets through formation of commercial networks – MAS has, under Project Guardian, convened over 40 financial institutions, industry associations and international policymakers [1] across seven jurisdictions to carry out industry trials on the use of asset tokenisation in capital markets. To-date, more than 15 industry trials have been conducted in six currencies across multiple financial products [2] . As Project Guardian participants commercialise their products and services following successful industry trials, MAS is facilitating commercialisation to take place in a coordinated, networked manner.  By connecting a broader set of participants’ products and services across multiple currencies and assets, greater improvements in capital raising, secondary trading, asset servicing and settlement of tokenised assets may be realised. This will deepen liquidity across primary and secondary markets for tokenised asset transactions. To this end, Citi, HSBC, Schroders, Standard Chartered and UOB have formed the Guardian Wholesale Network industry group, with the intent of establishing a multi-member network to commercialise their respective asset tokenisation trials and scale usage.

2) Developing ecosystem of market infrastructures to facilitate seamless cross border transactions – MAS launched the Global Layer One (GL1) initiative in 2023 to foster the development of foundational digital infrastructures [3] , upon which commercial networks could be deployed.  Since the launch, a core group of global banks, BNY, Citi, J.P. Morgan, MUFG and Societe Generale-FORGE have been leading efforts to define the business, governance, risk, legal and technology requirements of the GL1 Platform.

To build on this, GL1 is expanding its scope to support the development of an ecosystem of compatible market infrastructures, enabling tokenised assets to be traded seamlessly across borders. Specifically, GL1 will undertake the following additional activities:

  • Control Principles – Alignment on governance, risk management controls [4] and settlement arrangement conventions for cross border transactions. This provides clarity on roles, responsibilities and controls needed to safeguard market integrity and financial stability.
  • Specifications – Development of specifications for market infrastructures and asset lifecycle [5] . This encourages interoperability between diverse systems.
  • Compliance by Design – Creation and provision of templates including programmable compliance [6] checks to build an ecosystem of compatible service providers. This accelerates onboarding for new participants.

To support these developments, MAS is pleased to announce the addition of new industry participants, including Euroclear and HSBC. GL1 will also set-up a new market infrastructure working group, comprising global financial market infrastructure providers, that will focus on digital asset securities control principles.

3) Industry Frameworks for Implementation of Tokenisation – To facilitate broad based acceptance and implementation of tokenised assets by financial institutions, two industry frameworks developed by Project Guardian industry group [7] members were published today.

  • Guardian Fixed Income Framework (GFIF) – GFIF integrates the International Capital Market Association’s Bond Data Taxonomy, Capital Markets and Technology Association’s Token Standards, and the Global Financial Markets Association’s Design Principles for Tokenised Securities. This provides an industry guide to implementing tokenisation in Debt Capital Markets, strengthen industry capabilities and catalyse adoption of tokenised fixed income solutions.
  • Guardian Funds Framework (GFF) – GFF provides a set of recommendations for industry best practices for tokenised funds. This includes the Guardian Composable Token Taxonomy to facilitate development of tokenised investment vehicles comprising multiple assets, simplifying the process of incorporating new tokenised funds, and help achieve efficiencies in fund settlement.

4) Access to Common Settlement Facility for Tokenised Assets – Common settlement assets are instruments which are mutually agreed upon by transacting parties to execute financial transactions. To promote confidence in the settlement of tokenised assets in financial markets, regulated and credible forms of tokenised money are needed as common settlement assets, thereby reducing settlement risk and market fragmentation. MAS is therefore facilitating financial institutions’ access to common settlement assets including S$ wholesale CBDC for market testing purposes. The initial test network (SGD Testnet) will offer three key features:

  • Settlement facility – Issuance, transfer and redemption of S$ wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC), with potential extensions to other forms of central bank and commercial bank liabilities.
  • Programmability – Automated and conditional triggers for tokenised transactions, including the use of Purpose Bound Money .
  • Interoperability – Facilitate linkages with existing financial market infrastructures.

The SGD Testnet would be made available to eligible financial institutions in Project Guardian and Project Orchid, enabling financial institutions to settle transactions with S$ wholesale CBDC. The first set of participating financial institutions includes DBS, OCBC, Standard Chartered and UOB. Participating use cases include payments and securities settlement.

 

 

Notes:
[1] These include the additions of ANZ, CMTA, Deutsche Bundesbank, Fidelity, Northern Trust, Swift, and World Bank. See Annex A for the full list of financial institutions, policymakers and industry associations.
[2] The financial products include funds, structured products, fixed income, and foreign exchange. The currencies include USD, EUR, JPY, CHF, SGD, AUD.
[3] This refers to shared ledger infrastructure that financial institutions can deploy tokenised assets and applications such as issuances, distribution, trading and settlement, custody, asset servicing and payments.
[4] GL1 will partner market operators to expand on Digital Asset Securities Control Principles (DASCP) , which identifies potential risks, and provide recommendations for controls to mitigate these risks.
[5] GL1 will incorporate industry frameworks and specifications including Societe Generale-FORGE’s CAST.
[6] Programmable compliance, as tested in Project Mandala refers to the ability for policy and regulatory requirements to be programmed beforehand and enforced automatically in real time. MAS will be working with BIS to incorporate the compliance by design approach into the GL1 architecture.
[7] See Annex A for the full list of financial institutions under Project Guardian’s industry groups.
[8] Eligible financial institutions are direct participants of MAS’ Real Time Gross Settlement system.

 

 

Singapore MAS to Advance Tokenisation in Financial Services: 1) Deepen Liquidity of Tokenised Assets, 2) Develop Ecosystem to Facilitate Cross-Border Transactions, 3) Published 2 Industry Frameworks to Implement Tokenisation, 4) Access to Common Settlement Facility for Tokenised Assets

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