Tiger Research, a Web3-focused research firm, said on July 7 it has signed a cooperation agreement with Hong Kong real-world asset (RWA) tokenisation fintech company Finloop.

The two plan to publish joint RWA research, produce and distribute market education content, and develop feasibility assessments and execution plans for RWA asset issuance, tokenisation and distribution. They also plan to explore various use cases and application models for RWA products.

Finloop is a Hong Kong-based RWA tokenisation fintech company incubated by Fosun Wealth Holdings, an affiliate of Fosun Group, a financial company listed in Hong Kong.

This is the first time Finloop has signed a partnership with a South Korean company. It will move to enter the South Korean market, where financial institutions are stepping up preparations ahead of the planned introduction of a security token offering (STO) system in February 2027.

Tiger Research CEO Gyu-jin Kim (김규진) said the company has worked to expand its influence in the Chinese-speaking market by translating its research into Chinese over the past three years and distributing it to major media outlets in Hong Kong, Taiwan and elsewhere. He said the cooperation with Finloop will aim to raise transparency and the level of information in South Korea's RWA ecosystem and deliver in-depth insights on the South Korean RWA market to Chinese-speaking investors and institutions.