Singapore-headquartered digital asset exchange platform for institutional-grade real-world assets (RWA), DigiFT has partnered with US-based real estate investment manager, Hines to offer investors tokenised access to a fund which invests in an over US$6 billion ($7.62 billion) real estate portfolio sponsored by the latter.
The fund will be available exclusively to DigiFT’s accredited investors, professional investors and institutional investors. The collaboration’s structure supports digital issuance and ownership records, streamlined distribution to eligible investors across jurisdictions and lastly, a foundation for compliant secondary transfers over time.
The digital asset exchange platform says that the collaboration reflects the growing alignment between leading asset managers and regulated digital platforms seeking to enhance capital markets infrastructure, without altering underlying fund structures or regulatory safeguards.
Typically, indirect investment in institutional-quality private real estate has been an asset class characterised by high minimum investment sizes and complex operational requirements.
According to DigiFT, the offering is also “among the first instances” in which a tokenised representation is directly linked to an underlying investment in a multi-billion dollar global real estate portfolio managed by a leading global real estate investment manager.
As at September 2025, the global private real estate represents one of the largest asset classes in institutional portfolios, with a total market size estimated at US$1.48 trillion globally as per Ocorian, a market leader in asset servicing for private markets, corporate and fiduciary administration.
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“We aim to expand global access to institutional-quality global real estate through modern and regulated channels while maintaining strong governance and investor safeguards. Our collaboration with DigiFT marks an important step in exploring tokenization and on-chain distribution, while advancing more efficient and diversified access for private wealth investors,” says Paul Ferraro, global head of private wealth solutions at Hines.
Hao Zhan, head of Asia, private wealth solutions at Hines adds that the initiative “enhances accessibility” and reflects Hines’ commitment to delivering institutional grade solutions to individual investors in the Asia-Pacific region.
“Tokenisation isn’t about changing the asset. It’s about improving how institutional strategies are distributed, administered, and accessed within an increasingly open and interconnected global financial system,” concludes Henry Zhang, founder and group chief executive officer (CEO) of DigiFT.
