The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and Apex Group have announced a collaboration to connect private funds with LSEG’s Digital Markets Infrastructure (DMI), creating an end-to-end digital distribution channel that aims to reshape how managers raise capital and how investors access private-market opportunities.
DMI, powered by Microsoft Azure, uses blockchain technology to support the full asset lifecycle, from issuance and tokenisation to distribution, settlement and servicing.
Apex Group, which oversees $3.5 trillion in assets under administration, becomes the first global servicing provider to connect to the platform.
Fund managers using Apex’s Digital Liquidity & Distribution Service, known as Apex Digital 3.0, will be able to access DMI through a single gateway for managing investors at scale.
The system integrates directly with LSEG’s Workspace platform, which reaches more than 400,000 users globally, providing visibility to a broad investor base while maintaining privacy and suitability controls.
Dr Darko Hajdukovic, Head of Digital Markets Infrastructure at LSEG, said the partnership “represents a significant step toward digitising private markets”, creating a “secure, efficient, and scalable ecosystem” that brings fund managers and investors closer together.
Apex Group founder and chief executive Peter Hughes believes private markets have lacked the connectivity needed to efficiently access global capital pools.
He said the collaboration automates the investor lifecycle and establishes the “digital foundation for future blockchain- and AI-enabled connectivity”, positioning the platform as next-generation infrastructure for private markets.
The service is expected to go live in the first half of 2026.
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