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Neuberger Berman is moving into tokenized funds. The $613 billion asset manager is partnering with Securitize to launch a high-yield fixed-income fund that will be tokenized on Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, and Sui. Neuberger will subadvise the strategy.

Tokenized on four networks

The fund will be issued across four blockchains — Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, and Sui. That's a wide footprint for a traditional asset manager, since most tokenized funds so far have launched on a single network. Securitize will handle the tokenization side, wrapping the fund's shares in digital tokens.

Each chain gets its own version of the fund. That means investors on Solana, for instance, won't be trading the same token as someone on Ethereum, but the underlying portfolio is identical. The approach lets the fund tap into liquidity across different ecosystems, though it also fragments the fund's market into four separate order books.

Neuberger's role

Neuberger Berman will subadvise the fund, meaning it makes the investment decisions for the high-yield fixed-income portfolio. The firm runs $613 billion in assets, making it one of the larger names to enter the tokenized fund space so far.

The move puts a traditional fixed-income manager directly on-chain, rather than just offering a fund that holds crypto assets. It's a bet that tokenization can work for