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BlackRock’s Europe boss: We’re exploring digital assets in Emea

Fund management behemoth is the latest big name to look at tokenisation in the sector

‘Tokenisation is about trying to give more people access to investments. That will be the ultimate goal,’ Stephen Cohen said
‘Tokenisation is about trying to give more people access to investments. That will be the ultimate goal,’ Stephen Cohen said

BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has started to assess how the plumbing underpinning the crypto market can be applied to its traditional money management business — the latest sign that big name fund groups are getting serious about digital assets.

“We’re exploring it at the moment,” Stephen Cohen, head of BlackRock’s business across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, told Financial News.

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