Apex Group, a $3.4 trillion fund administrator, and ZIGChain have formed a strategic alliance to launch the region’s first fully regulated, on-chain fund ecosystem focused on real-world asset (RWA) tokenization.
The initiative is being launched in partnership with founding members Truleum Venture Partners, Tokeny, Disrupt.com, and Zamanat.
The alliance, unveiled at an exclusive gathering in Dubai, brings together industry leaders in fund administration, tokenization compliance, asset management, and regulatory design. Its goal is to deliver a modular, Shariah-compliant infrastructure for launching and managing trillions in tokenized funds, deployed natively on ZIGChain and built to meet institutional standards.
This marks a major turning point in the institutional adoption of tokenized finance. By tokenizing entire fund structures rather than individual assets, blockchain integration becomes more operationally viable for large financial institutions. For Apex Group, this move reflects a clear strategic trajectory in Web3 infrastructure, following its acquisition of Tokeny and now expanding into fully on-chain fund ecosystems.
Rafay Gadit Co-founder – ZIGChain
“This is the institutional blueprint for unlocking the global fund market. Apex Group’s reach, Tokeny’s compliance architecture, and Truleum’s regulatory expertise, tied together on ZIGChain, form an institutional-grade foundation for a new era of on-chain capital markets. It’s not every day that a pre-launch chain partners with one of the biggest financial institutions in the world. This is how tokenization goes mainstream, and we are honored to help make it happen.”
Apex Group is a leading provider of fund administration, financial infrastructure, and regulatory services, with operations in over 50 countries and $3.4 trillion in assets under administration. Its subsidiary Tokeny, recently acquired by Apex Group, is the creator of ERC-3643, the leading global standard for permissioned digital securities.
Christiane El Habre, Managing Director, Apex Group – Middle East, said that, “This alliance is a natural extension of Apex Group’s mission to modernize fund infrastructure globally. We’re proud to support this first-of-its-kind initiative and help drive compliant tokenization across new markets and asset classes.”
The alliance represents a long-term commitment to embedding tokenization into the global fund ecosystem. By enabling programmable, compliant fund structures with built-in regulatory guardrails, asset managers gain the tools to operate more efficiently, scale globally, and access new distribution channels.
