Financial services provider Apex Group Ltd., which services more than $3.5 trillion in assets, joined the Hedera Council on November 10, 2026. The appointment gives the fund services group an equal vote in governing the Hedera public network, bringing its experience in regulated securities and institutional tokenization to decisions about core network updates.
Key takeaways
- Apex Group joins a governing body where members have equal voting rights.
- Its digital asset services use ERC-3643 to support compliance across the asset lifecycle.
- Apex acquired a majority stake in Tokeny in May 2025.
- In March 2026, Apex named Polygon-based T-REX Ledger in plans for tokenized fund orchestration.
Apex Group joins Hedera Council governance
As a Hedera Council member, Apex Group will take part in network governance alongside organizations that operate nodes and approve core updates. The Council’s framework allows up to 39 seats, and every member has equal voting rights.
The membership includes Fortune 500 companies, banks, Web3 businesses and universities. FedEx became the Council’s 33rd member in February 2026, followed by McLaren Racing and Accenture.
The Council says Apex’s addition advances its goal of attracting members from different regions and industries. Council chair Mance Harmon said institutional tokenization is moving beyond experimentation toward real-world adoption, and that Apex strengthens the body at this stage.
Regulated securities and lifecycle compliance
Apex brings experience administering regulated securities using distributed ledger technology as the book of record. The firm says it was the first transfer agent and fund service provider to do so, opening global private-market funds to a wider pool of qualified investors.
Headquartered in Bermuda, the business was founded in 2003 and employs more than 13,000 specialists in over 50 countries. It provides fund managers and institutions with structuring, operations and distribution services.
The firm’s digital asset platform, Apex Digital 3.0, spans tokenization, stablecoins, regulated transfer agency, investor identity, proof of reserves and digital fund servicing. Clients can use these capabilities to launch, distribute, service and manage digital and tokenized assets.
Marco A. Infuso, Apex Group’s Head of Digital Assets, Central Europe, said institutional tokenization can scale only if compliance covers an asset’s entire lifecycle. Apex uses ERC-3643, a standard for compliant tokenization, to support this approach.
Infuso also said clients should be able to hold assets in traditional or tokenized form while maintaining consistent standards of control and protection.
Tokeny ownership and a multi-chain fund strategy
Apex’s tokenization business includes a majority stake in Tokeny, the developer of ERC-3643. The firm acquired the stake in May 2025.
Tokeny says SkyBridge Capital brought $300 million of its hedge funds onchain onchain in partnership with Tokeny and Apex Group. This work complements Apex’s plans to coordinate tokenized funds across multiple networks.
In March 2026, Apex announced plans to adopt the Polygon-based T-REX Ledger as the multi-chain orchestration layer for its tokenized funds. Its appointment to the Hedera Council adds a governance role on a separate public network to that strategy.
A governance role alongside fund services
Apex Group’s seat on the Hedera Council gives the fund administrator a voice in decisions about the network’s core updates. Its contribution to the Council will draw on its experience in fund services, digital assets and institutional market infrastructure.
Hedera describes its network as designed to manage asset lifecycle events, compliance attestations and settlement coordination—functions that align with the lifecycle-focused services Apex already provides to fund managers.
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Article produced with the assistance of artificial intelligence and reviewed by the editorial team.
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