UK Finance Unveils Roadmap to Accelerate Securities Tokenisation
Securities tokenisation uses distributed ledgers to represent ownership and rights in assets such as bonds, potentially reducing settlement frictions and allowing capital, collateral and liquidity to move more efficiently. The UK has laid foundations through the Digital Securities Sandbox, greater legal clarity for digital assets and work on the DIGIT sovereign debt instrument. The stakes are competitive: jurisdictions are racing to attract investment and set standards for digital wholesale markets, putting pressure on London to turn its regulatory credibility into markets operating at scale.
On Sept. 8, 2026, UK Finance, which represents more than 300 firms, and Oliver Wyman published Building Digital Markets of the Future. It outlined four priorities: create a single vision for digital wholesale markets; align digital money and tokenisation strategies; strengthen the Digital Markets Champion; and focus on sovereign debt, repo, collateral management, money markets and foreign exchange. The report specified no investment amount. It urged government, regulators and industry to turn initiatives including DIGIT and the Great British Tokenised Deposit into deep, liquid and internationally connected markets while safeguarding financial stability.
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The history behind this eventSEC Advisory Committee Backs Tokenized Securities, Proposes Regulatory Safeguards
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Investor Advisory Committee has endorsed securities tokenization, seeking to replace traditional settlement models by recording and trading shares on blockchains. The shift could enable near-instant, round-the-clock trading and reduce intermediary costs, but also raises concerns about investor protection, market fairness and information transparency.
As of July 19, 2026, the committee had voted to support the policy and recommended mandatory reporting requirements, fair-trading safeguards and rules governing third parties that put shares on-chain. SEC Chair Paul Atkins confirmed that the agency was developing guidance for tokenized stocks. No formal release date, eligibility thresholds or related amounts have been announced.
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