Asset manager Neuberger has partnered with Securitize to launch its first tokenized fixed-income fund, a move aimed at bringing actively managed credit exposure to investors through tokenized shares. The Neuberger Securitize High Income Tokenized Fund (HINC) will target high-yield bonds and also include collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) and leveraged loans, according to an announcement Tuesday.
Unlike many recent tokenized products that have leaned heavily toward simpler exposures, the fund is explicitly positioned as an “actively managed high-yield strategy.” It arrives at a time when investors appear increasingly willing to pay attention to yield again as competition for funding continues and the cost of capital becomes more relevant to portfolio construction.
Tokenization has been expanding across real-world assets, but fixed-income products have varied widely in structure—some offer straightforward exposure, while others attempt to replicate more traditional asset management approaches. HINC’s emphasis on high-yield credit and active management signals an attempt to meet investor demand where it is currently most acute: higher yields amid a macro backdrop in which capital is no longer assumed to be cheap.
Commenting on the broader shift in market assumptions, Saxo chief investment strategist Charu Chanana said in a Tuesday client note that “the previous market regime rewarded investors for assuming that capital would remain cheap and plentiful.” He added that the “emerging regime may reward investors for recognising that capital has a price again,” a framing consistent with why many fixed-income strategies are seeing renewed attention.
According to the announcement, HINC will primarily invest in high-yield bonds. It also plans to hold additional positions in collateralized loan obligations and leveraged loans, giving the strategy multiple credit channels rather than relying on a single security type.
Securitize will provide the infrastructure to issue and manage tokenized shares on four blockchain networks: Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), Avalanche (AVAX), and Sui (SUI). By spreading issuance across multiple networks, the offering could be positioned to reach different liquidity and access ecosystems—though the practical impact for investors will depend on how each network is supported by wallets, custody arrangements, and market access mechanisms.
The fund is available to qualified investors, in line with the regulated nature of most tokenized securities offerings.
The collaboration is notable not only for its asset class but for the roles involved. The filing describes Neuberger serving as subadvisor to a tokenized fund for the first time, while Securitize handles the tokenization layer—issuing and managing tokenized shares using its platform.
Neuberger brings substantial balance-sheet scale in traditional asset management terms. The announcement states that Neuberger’s fixed-income platform manages more than $230 billion in assets, and that the firm manages about $613 billion overall.
Securitize’s own progress in tokenization infrastructure is also part of the story. RWA.xyz data cited in the announcement puts Securitize at about $4.96 billion in distributed asset value across 26 tokenized real-world assets. The company’s catalog includes BlackRock’s $2.7 billion BUIDL fund, a $355 million tokenized AAA CLO fund, and a $95 million Apollo diversified credit fund—examples that show why a credit-focused launch fits neatly into Securitize’s current product direction.
Securitize shares rose around 5% in Tuesday morning trading, according to the linked quote on Yahoo Finance (ticker: SECZ). That move brought the company’s market capitalization to roughly $838 million.
Even with the day’s gain, the stock remains significantly below earlier post-IPO levels: the article states Securitize is still down more than 50% from levels reached shortly after its public debut in July. For investors, this matters because it highlights the tension between long-term expectations for tokenization growth and the near-term market’s scrutiny of execution, adoption, and revenue conversion.
The same dynamic often plays out across the tokenized real-world asset space: platforms that build infrastructure can attract interest even before large flows arrive, while traditional markets continue to weigh tangible uptake and scale in a risk-conscious environment.
For now, the key question around HINC is how quickly tokenized fixed-income demand translates into meaningful allocations from qualified investors across the four supported blockchains—particularly as the strategy blends high-yield bonds with CLOs and leveraged loans. Readers should watch for details on distribution mechanics, investor access, and whether this actively managed credit model attracts sustained inflows as “capital has a price again” becomes the prevailing portfolio assumption.
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