London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and Apex Group today announced a collaboration to connect private funds with LSEG’s Digital Markets Infrastructure (DMI), creating a transformative end-to-end digital distribution network for private funds.

This collaboration aims to redefine how fund managers access capital and how investors discover and invest in private funds globally.

Digital Markets Infrastructure, which is powered by Microsoft Azure, delivers blockchain-powered scale and efficiencies for the full asset lifecycle – from issuance, tokenisation and distribution to post trade asset settlement and servicing, across multiple asset classes.

Apex Group brings $3.5tn in assets under administration and its global fund servicing infrastructure is the first service provider to connect with DMI.

Fund managers serviced by Apex Group can access DMI through Apex Group’s Apex Digital Liquidity & Distribution Service (Apex Digital 3.0), a next-generation digital custody and distribution platform giving fund managers a single gateway to manage investors at scale.

Apex Digital 3.0 links directly into LSEG’s Digital Markets Infrastructure which is fully integrated into LSEG’s Workspace, giving access to over 400,000 users and enabling funds to be visible to this global investor universe while maintaining privacy and investor suitability.

The service will go live in the first half of 2026.

Dr Darko Hajdukovic, Head of Digital Markets Infrastructure, LSEG, said:

“Our partnership with Apex Group represents a significant step toward digitising private markets and funds in particular. By working closely with Apex Group’s global fund servicing capabilities with DMI, we are creating a secure, efficient, and scalable ecosystem that connects fund managers and investors. This collaboration will unlock new opportunities for innovation in private markets and enable participants to engage with private assets in a way that is faster, safer, and more connected than ever before.”

Peter Hughes, Founder and CEO, Apex Group, said:

“Private markets have lacked the direct connectivity and efficient investor aggregation needed to access global pools of capital efficiently. Together with LSEG, we’re changing that. Apex Digital 3.0 utilises our Apex Invest platform to establish a seamless, many-to-one connection between fund managers and hard-to-reach capital sources, all linked directly through LSEG’s distribution network via its global Workspace community. This initial phase automates the full investor lifecycle, while establishing the digital foundation for future blockchain- and AI-enabled connectivity across managers, institutions, and wealth platforms, paving the way for the next generation of private-market infrastructure.”