Apex Group joins Hedera Council with an equal vote on network governance

Apex Group Ltd., a financial services provider servicing more than $3.5 trillion in assets, joined the Hedera Council on November 10, 2026. The appointment gives the fund services group an equal vote in governing the Hedera public network, bringing its experience in regulated securities and institutional tokenization into decisions on core network updates.

Key takeaways

• Apex Group joins a governing body with equal voting rights for members.
• Its digital asset services use ERC-3643 for compliance across the asset lifecycle.
• Apex acquired a majority stake in Tokeny in May 2025.
• Its March 2026 plans named Polygon-based T-REX Ledger for tokenized fund orchestration.

Apex Group joins Hedera Council governance

Apex Group’s Hedera Council membership gives it a role in network governance alongside organizations that operate nodes and approve core updates. The Council’s framework permits up to 39 seats, with each member holding equal voting rights.

The membership spans Fortune 500 companies, banks, Web3 businesses and universities. FedEx became its 33rd member in February 2026; McLaren Racing and Accenture subsequently joined.

The Council says Apex’s addition supports its goal of drawing members from different regions and industries. Council chair Mance Harmon described institutional tokenization as moving beyond experimentation into real-world adoption and said Apex strengthens the body at that stage.

Regulated securities and lifecycle compliance

Apex brings experience administering regulated securities using distributed ledger technology as the book of record. According to the firm, it was the first transfer agent and fund service provider to do so, opening global private-market funds to a broader pool of qualified investors.

The Bermuda-headquartered business began in 2003 and employs more than 13,000 specialists across over 50 countries. It provides fund managers and institutions with structuring, operations and distribution services.

Spanning tokenization, stablecoins, regulated transfer agency, investor identity, proof of reserves and digital fund servicing, Apex Digital 3.0 is the firm’s digital asset platform. Clients can use those capabilities to launch, distribute, service and manage digital and tokenized assets.

Marco A. Infuso, Apex Group’s Head of Digital Assets, Central Europe, said institutional tokenization can scale only when compliance extends throughout an asset’s lifecycle. Apex uses ERC-3643, a standard for compliant tokenization, to support that approach.

Infuso also said clients should be able to hold assets in either traditional or tokenized form while retaining consistent standards of control and protection.

Tokeny ownership and a multi-chain fund strategy

Apex’s tokenization business already includes a majority stake in Tokeny, the developer behind ERC-3643. The firm acquired that stake in May 2025.

According to Tokeny, SkyBridge Capital brought $300 million of its hedge funds onchain in partnership with Tokeny and Apex Group. That work sits alongside Apex’s plans to coordinate tokenized funds across multiple networks.

Apex revealed in March 2026 that it intends to adopt the Polygon-based T-REX Ledger as the multi-chain orchestration layer powering its tokenized funds. Its Hedera Council appointment adds a governance role on a separate public network to that existing strategy.

A governance role alongside fund services

Apex Group’s Hedera Council seat gives the fund administrator a voice in decisions on the network’s core updates. Its contribution to the Council will draw on fund services, digital assets and institutional market infrastructure experience.

Hedera positions its network as designed to handle asset lifecycle events, compliance attestations and settlement coordination, functions that align with the lifecycle-oriented services Apex already delivers to fund managers.

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Article produced with the assistance of artificial intelligence and reviewed by the editorial team.