Tokenization’s next major application could be personalized portfolios, according to a New York Life Investment Management executive. The forecast points to blockchain infrastructure being used to tailor investment products more closely to individual client requirements.
The development matters because tokenization has primarily focused on placing existing assets and funds on blockchain networks. Portfolio customization would extend that model, potentially changing how investment products are assembled, managed and distributed.
NYLIM recently entered the tokenized-asset market through a partnership with Centrifuge. The firms launched the NYLIM Anemoy U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Segregated Portfolio, known by the ticker HYB, as NYLIM’s first tokenized offering.
The product provides blockchain-based access to NYLIM’s high-yield corporate bond strategy while leaving the underlying portfolio, investment process and risk management unchanged. Centrifuge supplies the tokenization infrastructure.
Personalized portfolios remain a prospective use case rather than a feature confirmed for the new fund. Still, the executive’s comments show how established asset managers are considering applications beyond simply creating digital representations of conventional investment products.