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A marketplace that joins tokenised securities trading, lending and settlement has to cover six layers: admission, secondary trading, repo, custody, settlement and market data. This post maps each layer to what BPX provides as an FCA-authorised Multilateral Trading Facility and Alternative Investment…
Read ArticleInstitutional issuers and investors in the UK need a venue that can issue, admit, trade, lend against and safekeep alternative and digital assets without handing the process between providers. BPX holds FCA authorisation as a Multilateral Trading Facility, an Alternative Investment Fund Manager, a C…
Read ArticleRepo against tokenised money market funds depends on three things: a venue that has admitted the instrument, counterparties with eligible wallets, and documentation that matches market standards. ICMA's June 2026 report names Broadridge's DLR and J.P. Morgan's Kinexys as commercial DLT repo platform…
Read ArticleBPX membership connects institutions to a UK FCA-authorised marketplace covering primary issuance, secondary trading on our Multilateral Trading Facility, repo lending, and the document library, reference library, market data and API access members use day to day. We explain what's included, how the…
Read ArticleInstitutions looking for a regulated venue to trade digital and tokenised assets can access BPX Markets, our UK FCA-authorised Multilateral Trading Facility covering issuance, secondary trading, collateralised lending and custody in one place. Membership spans investment, pension, hedge, mutual and…
Read ArticleBPX provides fund structuring as a direct service to issuers and fund managers, covering both traditional investment funds and tokenised securities under our FCA-authorised framework. Structuring connects straight into digital issuance, fund management, and primary market trading within the same reg…
Read ArticleCustody and client money sit at the centre of how BPX runs its regulated marketplace. Uninvested cash is held in a segregated account at Barclays Bank UK Plc, protected by the FSCS up to £85,000 per institution, while digital and traditional assets are safeguarded within the same infrastructure that…
Read ArticleInstitutions holding investment funds, real-world assets or tokenised securities can pledge them as collateral for short-term liquidity through BPX's repo services, without selling the underlying position. Because lending, custody and trading sit inside one regulated venue, collateral movements sett…
Read ArticleWe designed BPX to answer the institutional demand for a unified framework that handles the full lifecycle of alternative assets. Rather than fragmented approaches requiring separate providers for fund structuring, trading, custody, and lending, we integrate these functions under a single UK regulat…
Read ArticleInstitutional investors have more routes into alternative assets today than at any previous point. But access alone is not the problem most institutions are actually trying to solve. The real challenge is operational. Fragmented infrastructure, mismatched regulatory frameworks, custody arrangements…
Read ArticleThe fragmentation problem in UK alternative asset markets is real and persistent. Institutions that want to issue, hold and trade alternative assets across private and digital markets still face a patchwork of authorised firms, each covering one piece of the regulatory puzzle. That fragmentation is…
Read ArticleInstitutions searching for an FCA authorised UK platform are usually not looking for a venue alone. They need regulated infrastructure that can support fund structuring, custody, reporting, and trading in one operating model. This article explains why that integrated approach matters, how composable…
Read ArticleBPX Global Limited holds three separate FCA authorisations, as an MTF operator, an Alternative Investment Fund Manager, and a registered cryptoasset firm, letting issuers and institutional investors structure, trade, lend against and custody alternative and digital assets through a single regulated…
Read ArticleBPX operates a UK FCA-authorised Multilateral Trading Facility and Alternative Investment Fund Manager built for institutional access to tokenised and traditional securities. Membership connects investors to primary issuance, secondary trading, custody, and repo lending through one regulated venue,…
Read ArticleFinding a marketplace that genuinely combines trading and lending for real-world assets means checking specific FCA permissions, not just a general claim of regulation. We walk through what MTF and AIFM authorisation actually cover, what to verify before committing capital, and how BPX connects issu…
Read ArticleInstitutional investors need more than a trading venue. They need a regulated UK marketplace that can support digital and traditional assets across the full lifecycle, from structuring and issuance to custody, reporting, and secondary trading. This article explains what defines a strong regulated in…
Read ArticleInstitutions need more than a trading venue when they access alternative, digital, and traditional assets in the UK. They need regulated infrastructure that supports the full lifecycle, from structuring and issuance to custody, execution, and reporting. This article explains what defines the best re…
Read ArticleA regulated institutional marketplace provides the regulatory controls custody and trading infrastructure institutions need to list and trade tokenised and traditional alternative assets in the UK. This guide explains the regulatory foundation operational components and practical steps for issuers a…
Read ArticleThis article explains what digital securities exchanges and multilateral trading facilities (MTFs) are and how regulated marketplaces support the issuance, custody, and trading of tokenised and traditional assets. It explores institutional infrastructure requirements, technology and compliance consi…
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