Tokenization for personalized portfolios is being explored by New York Life Investment Management (NYLIM), which oversees about $11 billion within New York Life’s $807 billion asset management arm. NYLIM has teamed up with Centrifuge to bring one of its high-yield corporate bond strategies onchain, reflecting institutional efforts to use tokenized instruments within investment strategies, and the stablecoin market exceeds $300 billion and supports payments and treasury management. Citi projects the tokenization market for real-world assets could expand from about $30 billion today to as much as $5.5 trillion by 2030.
New York Life Investment Management (NYLIM) partnered with Centrifuge to bring one of its high-yield corporate bond strategies onchain. NYLIM oversees about $11 billion within New York Life’s $807 billion asset management arm.
Thomas Sy said, “We believe that the future of asset management is going to be customization. The only technology that can help us get there at scale is the blockchain.”
He added, “The end goal is to embed the customization within the asset itself, rather than the customization sitting around the operations around the different assets.”
He also said, “Adopting stablecoins was the gateway to get them onchain.”
The remarks use industry language about embedding customization and onchain adoption. The section presents the partnership and Sy’s statements without further interpretation.
The stablecoin market has grown to over $300 billion and is increasingly used for cross-border payments and treasury management. Thomas Sy said, “Stablecoins were probably one of the biggest unlocks in the past two years.” He added, “Adopting stablecoins was the gateway to get them onchain.” These statements were made in the context of NYLIM’s broader discussion of tokenized assets and operational adoption.
Citi projects the tokenization market for real-world assets could expand from about $30 billion today to as much as $5.5 trillion by 2030. NYLIM teamed up with Centrifuge to bring one of its high-yield corporate bond strategies onchain. Thomas Sy said, “The end goal is to embed the customization within the asset itself, rather than the customization sitting around the operations around the different assets.” The remarks and market figures above describe the stablecoin expansion and its intersection with tokenization initiatives. The section presents these factual items without interpretation.
Citi projects the tokenization market for real-world assets could expand from about $30 billion today to as much as $5.5 trillion by 2030, illustrating the scale cited for tokenization’s future potential in the context of personalized portfolios. New York Life Investment Management (NYLIM) has partnered with Centrifuge to bring one of its high-yield corporate bond strategies onchain, and the stablecoin market has grown to over $300 billion and is increasingly used for cross-border payments and treasury management.


