[소셜밸류=소민영 기자] VMIC (CEO: Kyohoon Nam), the only aviation finance and leasing specialized company in Korea, announced today that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with IX Swap, a leading global platform for STOs. Under the agreement, the two companies will collaborate on issuing and distributing security tokens based on real-world assets (RWA), including aviation assets such as aircrafts and aircraft engines, to investors around the world.
IX Swap, a sister platform of Singapore-based STO platform InvestaX, licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, operates the world's first decentralized exchange (DEX) specializing in RWA tokens based on blockchain technology.
VMIC is accelerating its entry into the global STO and RWA token market, following its designation as an innovative financial service for issuing trust revenue securities that will allow domestic retail investors to invest in aviation assets, alongside the aviation consortium on April 30th
Through the collaboration, VMIC and IX Swap aim to reshape aviation finance to provide a wider range of investment opportunities by increasing access to the aviation asset investment market, which has been difficult for retail investors to access.
With travel demand on the rise, airlines around the world are in high demand to expand their aviation assets, with a high percentage of their current fleet being acquired through leasing. Aviation finance, which invests in these leased aviation assets, has consistently generated high returns.
However, the aviation finance ecosystem remains exclusive, with only a few financial institutions and global aviation lessors participating, limiting the availability of liquidity for aviation companies to quickly acquire assets.
VMIC is expected to make a great impact on solving such problems regarding fund raising for improving the aviation infrastructure if it can attract investments from the investors around the world through the issue of global aviation STO.
Mr. Kyohoon Nam, CEO of VMIC, said: “Despite the surge in interest and demand for aviation assets globally, financing is not easy. Through our collaboration with IX Swap, we will strive to create an attractive financing environment for both the aviation industry and investors. VMIC will use its unparalleled global network to source the right assets, raise capital, protect asset value and maximize operating returns to deliver high returns to investors."
Julian Kwan, Founder and CEO of IXSwap and InvestaX, said: “We are excited to work with VMIC to tokenize and introduce a wider range of aviation assets to global investors, and we look forward to continuing to work together to lead innovation in the aviation finance market.”
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