Vanguard 已开始寻找数字资产负责人,这一高级职位将塑造该公司的加密货币和基于区块链的技术战略。 新任高管将制定多年数字资产路线图,评估从代币化到稳定币和托管的机会,并协调产品、技术、运营、法律和合规方面的工作。 此举标志着先锋集团对数字资产的立场发生了渐进但显着的转变,此前该公司最近决定允许加密 ETF 和共同基金交易,但仍拒绝推出自己的加密产品。 Vanguard 已开始寻找数字资产负责人,设立一个高级职位来监督该公司的加密货币和基于区块链的金融技术战略。
该职位列在先锋个人财富中,要求高管制定公司的数字资产愿景,识别商机并领导产品、技术、运营、法律和合规团队的执行。该候选人还将就数字资产市场的变化向高级领导层提供建议,代表先锋集团与监管机构和行业团体进行讨论,并帮助制定公司的长期方针。 它还强调了生态系统的其他领域,包括代币化、稳定币、数字钱包、托管、区块链支持的结算和运营模式,作为高管将评估的领域,并确定先锋集团是否应该在内部建立新的能力、与第三方合作或推迟进入某些市场部分。 此次搜索标志着先锋集团在多年抵制该行业后逐步转向数字资产的又一步。这家管理着约 10 万亿美元资产的资产管理公司仍然是加密货币最大的机构怀疑者之一,而贝莱德、富达和富兰克林邓普顿等同行则推出了现货比特币 ETF 和其他区块链计划。
去年 12 月,当先锋集团开始允许经纪客户交易加密货币 ETF 和共同基金时,这种立场开始软化。该公司坚称没有计划发行自己的加密货币投资产品,认为数字资产仍然不符合其长期投资理念。 首席执行官 Salim Ramji 可能强化了这一立场,他于 2024 年 7 月从贝莱德加入先锋集团,领导该公司的 iShares 业务,该业务推出了最大的现货比特币 ETF 之一——iShares 比特币 ETF (IBIT)。在接任首席执行官之前,Ramji 在接受《巴伦周刊》采访时表示,先锋集团不提供自己的比特币 ETF 的决定“完全符合”该公司的投资理念,并补充说,公司在投资理念上保持一致非常重要。他们提供的产品和服务。 虽然新的职位发布并不意味着产品即将推出,但它扩大了先锋集团的关注范围,而不仅仅是提供第三方资金。该高管将负责制定多年路线图,设计治理和风险框架,并评估数字资产如何融入先锋集团更广泛的财富管理业务。
Vanguard has begun searching for a head of digital assets, a senior role that will shape the firm’s strategy for cryptocurrencies and blockchain-based technology.
The new executive will develop a multi-year digital asset roadmap, assess opportunities from tokenization to stablecoins and custody, and coordinate efforts across product, technology, operations, legal and compliance.
The move signals a gradual but notable shift in Vanguard’s stance on digital assets, following its recent decision to allow trading of crypto ETFs and mutual funds while still declining to launch its own crypto products.
Vanguard has opened the search for a head of digital assets, creating a senior role that would oversee the firm's strategy for cryptocurrencies and blockchain-based financial technology.
The position, listed within Vanguard Personal Wealth, calls for an executive to develop the firm's digital asset vision, identify business opportunities and lead execution across product, technology, operations, legal and compliance teams. The candidate will also advise senior leadership on changes in digital asset markets, represent Vanguard in discussions with regulators and industry groups and help shape the firm's long-term approach.
It also highlights other areas of the ecosystem, including tokenization, stablecoins, digital wallets, custody, blockchain-enabled settlement and operating models as areas the executive will evaluate, as well as determining whether Vanguard should build new capabilities internally, partner with third parties or delay entering certain parts of the market.
The search marks another step in Vanguard's gradual shift toward digital assets after years of resisting the sector. The asset manager, which oversees roughly $10 trillion, remained one of crypto's largest institutional skeptics while peers such as BlackRock, Fidelity and Franklin Templeton rolled out spot bitcoin ETFs and other blockchain initiatives.
That stance began to soften in December, when Vanguard started allowing brokerage clients to trade cryptocurrency ETFs and mutual funds. The company maintained that it had no plans to issue its own crypto investment products, arguing that digital assets remained inconsistent with its long-term investment philosophy.
That position was potentially reinforced by CEO Salim Ramji, who joined Vanguard from BlackRock in July 2024 after leading the firm's iShares business, which launched one of the largest spot bitcoin ETFs, the iShares Bitcoin ETF (IBIT.) Speaking to Barron's before taking over as CEO, Ramji said Vanguard's decision not to offer its own bitcoin ETF was "entirely consistent" with the firm's investment philosophy, adding that it was important for firms to remain consistent in the products and services they offer.
While the new job posting does not signal an imminent product launch, it broadens Vanguard's focus beyond simply offering access to third-party funds. The executive will be responsible for building a multi-year roadmap, designing governance and risk frameworks and assessing how digital assets could fit within Vanguard's broader wealth management business.