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Hong Kong-based Harvest International Investments has agreed a strategic partnership with Singapore-headquartered digital assets-focused monetary expertise group MetaComp to make its new cryptocurrency spot trade traded funds accessible to buyers within the city-state.
Beneath a memorandum of understanding signed by the 2 corporations, MetaComp and its associates will present buyers entry to Harvest’s crypto spot ETFs through its proprietary consumer belongings administration platform, often known as Camp by MetaComp.
Based on the Singapore-based fintech, the initiative is designed to broaden the worldwide footprint of the Harvest ETFs and allow MetaComp to “enrich its wealth answer portfolio with extremely sought-after monetary merchandise”.
Harvest International Investments is among the many Hong Kong models of three mainland Chinese language asset managers — additionally together with Bosera Asset Administration and China Asset Administration — which launched two ETFs every monitoring bitcoin and ether costs on April 30. The Bosera funds have been launched in partnership with HashKey Capital.
Along with the crypto ETF distribution, the collaboration between MetaComp and Harvest will discover alternatives for the mixing of Harvest’s varied asset administration options into MetaComp’s service choices.
The fintech mentioned it could additionally present Harvest with entry to its digital cost token suite of providers.
It famous that the co-operation “is designed to serve not simply the present clientele of each entities but additionally to seize new segments longing for superior monetary options throughout conventional finance and crypto finance”.
Bo Bai, chair and co-founder of MetaComp, mentioned the deal reaffirmed his firm’s “dedication to being the bridge that hyperlinks conventional finance with crypto finance”.
“With Harvest’s experience in asset administration and MetaComp’s sturdy capabilities in offering a complete suite of digital cost options, we’re poised to ship unparalleled worth to our shoppers and the market,” he added.
MetaComp, which specialises in blockchain expertise and digital belongings, is licensed and controlled by the Financial Authority of Singapore.
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