RWAs & The Future of Finance: Case Study - Onchain Fund Settlement
A real-world example of programmable settlement rails powering secure, compliant fund tokenization
This series is brought to you in partnership with Settled Here, the programmable infrastructure layer for compliant, cross-chain settlement of real-world assets.
Introduction
Case studies make programmable settlement real. Today, we look at how a traditional fund issuer brought its product onchain using programmable infrastructure to automate compliance, permissioning, and real-time reporting for all investors.
The Challenge
A global asset manager wanted to offer a tokenized fund to institutional clients, but faced several hurdles:
How to enforce complex investor eligibility rules (KYB, jurisdiction, accreditation) automatically.
How to enable compliant, instant settlement for subscriptions and redemptions, across chains and currencies.
How to deliver real-time audit trails and reporting to both investors and regulators.
The Solution
Using programmable settlement infrastructure, the fund issuer:
Registered the fund as an onchain asset with custom permissioning logic for every investor type.
Automated compliance checks and role assignments, ensuring only eligible participants could subscribe or redeem shares.
Integrated price oracles and NAV feeds to guarantee every transaction occurred at the correct value.
Enabled cross-chain subscriptions and redemptions, bringing new liquidity and efficiency to the fund.
How Settled Here Fits In
Settled Here provided the rails for asset registration, programmable compliance, and unified reporting. The fund manager could adjust rules on the fly, automate audits, and deliver a seamless experience to allocators, with all activity logged and accessible for both investors and regulators.
Outcomes
Speed: Subscriptions and redemptions cleared in minutes, not days.
Compliance: Automated permissioning and real-time audit trails for every transaction.
Transparency: Investors and regulators accessed live reporting and immutable logs at any time.
Flexibility: The fund could scale to new assets, investor groups, and jurisdictions without reengineering its infrastructure.
Practical Takeaways
Programmable settlement turns compliance and reporting into automated, auditable processes.
Tokenized funds can achieve global scale, fast settlement, and regulatory confidence with the right infrastructure.
Settled Here delivers the programmable foundation for institutional-grade fund tokenization.
Tomorrow’s article will spotlight another live deployment and the lessons learned from bringing RWAs onchain.
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