Avalanche is adding another institutional asset management product to its growing tokenization ecosystem with the launch of the Neuberger Securitize High Income Tokenized Fund, known as HINC. The fund brings a strategy focused on high-yield bonds, collateralized loan obligations, and leveraged loans onto blockchain infrastructure.
HINC is issued by Securitize and subadvised by Neuberger Berman, an asset manager with a fixed income platform managing approximately $230 billion. The launch gives qualified investors access to an actively managed credit strategy through a tokenized fund structure.
The fund is also part of a broader multi-chain rollout, with HINC launching across Avalanche, Ethereum, Solana and Sui. This approach reflects the growing competition among blockchain networks seeking to host tokenized versions of traditional financial products.
For Avalanche, the addition of HINC strengthens its position in the real-world asset sector. Rather than focusing only on tokenized Treasury products, the network is now gaining exposure to a more complex segment of fixed income markets.
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High-yield bonds, CLOs and leveraged loans are commonly associated with investors seeking higher returns in exchange for taking on additional credit risk. Bringing these assets into a tokenized structure could expand the range of investment strategies available through blockchain-based financial infrastructure.
The launch also highlights a continuing shift in tokenization from simple representations of traditional assets toward more sophisticated and actively managed financial products. Institutional firms are increasingly exploring whether blockchain technology can improve how funds are issued, accessed and integrated into digital financial systems.
A New Type of Fixed Income Product for Avalanche
The HINC fund draws from Neuberger Berman’s broader fixed income capabilities and focuses on several major areas of the credit market. These include high-yield corporate bonds, collateralized loan obligations and leveraged loans.
Unlike tokenized Treasury products, which generally focus on government-backed debt, these asset classes involve greater complexity and potentially higher returns. They also carry different risks, particularly related to credit quality, interest rates and market liquidity.
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Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo described actively managed credit as an important missing component for decentralized finance. The argument is that onchain finance needs access to a broader range of financial products if blockchain-based markets are to develop beyond stablecoins and government debt.
HINC could therefore represent another step toward connecting traditional asset management with decentralized financial infrastructure. Tokenization does not change the underlying investment risks, but it may create new ways to represent fund ownership and potentially interact with digital financial applications.
The fund’s presence on multiple networks also gives qualified investors and ecosystem participants different blockchain environments in which to access the product. Avalanche’s inclusion places its infrastructure alongside other major smart contract platforms competing for institutional tokenization activity.
Why HINC Could Matter for Avalanche’s Tokenization Strategy
One notable feature of the fund is its use of RedStone for daily onchain net asset value pricing. Reliable pricing is an important component of tokenized financial products, particularly when the underlying assets do not trade continuously on public blockchain markets.
Daily NAV data can help create a clearer connection between the tokenized representation of the fund and the value of its underlying portfolio. This infrastructure could also be important for future integrations involving collateral, lending or other forms of onchain financial activity.
For Avalanche, HINC adds another recognizable name from traditional finance to its ecosystem. The network has increasingly positioned itself as infrastructure capable of supporting specialized applications, including institutional and financial use cases.
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The significance of the launch may extend beyond the fund itself. As more asset managers experiment with tokenization, blockchain networks that can support regulated products, reliable data and institutional requirements may have an advantage in attracting future activity.
For the Avalanche community, the arrival of HINC demonstrates how the tokenization narrative is evolving. The focus is no longer limited to putting cash or Treasury products onchain.
Instead, asset managers are beginning to explore whether more complex investment strategies can also operate within tokenized structures. HINC’s launch gives Avalanche a role in that experiment and adds another institutional fixed income product to the expanding range of real-world assets moving onto blockchain networks.
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