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Japan pension fund weighs boosting alternative investments to 5 percent from 1.7 percent

Japan\'s government is pushing a plan to gradually raise the Government Pension Investment Fund\'s allocation to alternative investments to about 5 percent from 1.7 percent, with the recommendation to be reflected in the next GPIF policy report. The shift could move billions of dollars into private equity, private credit, real estate and infrastructure. The government is also urging bigger domestic investment by public pension funds, amid stronger GDP data and a policy backdrop of higher inflation forecasts and recent rate hikes.

Crypto

Japan\'s three megabanks to create joint stablecoin, seek issuance within 2026

Japan\'s three megabanks plan to issue a jointly created stablecoin during fiscal 2026. CoinPost reported that Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp and Mizuho Bank will soon reach a basic agreement and set up a council to flesh out operations. The plan assumes the banks obtain licences for electronic payment instrument transactions, with a trust bank acting as issuer trustee. The initiative is also tied to securities settlement tests using blockchain data.

Crypto

Bitwise lists BWCC Canton Network ETP on Germany\'s Xetra to broaden institutional access

Bitwise Europe listed an exchange-traded product linked to Canton Network’s native token CC on Deutsche Boerse’s Xetra in Germany. The product, Bitwise Canton ETP with ticker BWCC, tracks Kaiko’s CANTO Reference Rate LDNLF index and charges an annual fee of 0.85 percent. The CC tokens are held by the issuer and kept in cold storage with 100 percent collateral, allowing trading through standard brokerage accounts without a crypto wallet.