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In focus: a tokenized fund pilot between Shinhan Asset Management and Plume. The two will test a structure placing on-chain representation over a Korean won-denominated ultra-short-term bond fund as the underlying asset.
The mechanism is live in pilot form; the next question is whether it produces anything a real buyer needs. The choice of underlying is deliberate.
An ultra-short-term bond fund sits close to money-market territory, with short duration and low volatility, and a won-denominated profile that keeps currency exposure local.
The question the pilot is testing is whether a token layer adds settlement or distributional efficiency that the existing structure does not provide. That is a narrower question than it sounds.
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