Securitize Corp. and Neuberger Berman have launched a tokenized high-yield fixed-income fund available on four public blockchains.
This move represents a significant expansion of institutional credit strategies onto decentralized infrastructure. By migrating traditional fixed-income products to the blockchain, the firms aim to increase the accessibility and efficiency of investment products for qualified institutional investors.
The fund, known as HINC, is deployed across the Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, and Sui public blockchains [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. This multi-chain approach allows the fund to operate across different network ecosystems rather than relying on a single ledger.
Neuberger Berman operates a fixed-income platform valued at $230 billion [6]. The integration of this platform with Securitize's tokenization technology allows the firm to offer its credit strategies in a digital format.
Qualified institutional investors can now access these high-yield strategies through on-chain tokens. The partnership focuses on bringing traditional financial assets into the digital asset space to streamline ownership and transfer processes [2, 3].
Securitize provides the technical framework necessary to convert these traditional financial instruments into digital tokens while maintaining regulatory compliance. The launch of HINC marks the first tokenized fund for Neuberger Berman [5].
“Securitize and Neuberger Berman have launched a tokenized high-yield fixed-income fund.”
The deployment of a $230 billion credit platform's products onto four different public blockchains signals a shift toward 'chain-agnostic' institutional finance. By avoiding a single-blockchain dependency, Neuberger Berman and Securitize are hedging against network-specific risks while targeting a broader range of institutional liquidity pools. This integration of high-yield credit into the DeFi ecosystem suggests that traditional asset managers are moving beyond experimental pilots toward scalable, multi-chain distribution of real-world assets.
