据安娜·伊雷拉报道，英国财政部已指定包括巴克莱银行、摩根士丹利和汇丰控股在内的六家银行担任数字国债试点发行的联合牵头经办机构。此举旨在推动该国资本市场的现代化进程。
The UK Treasury has appointed six banks — including Barclays Plc, Morgan Stanley and HSBC Holdings Plc — as joint lead managers for the pilot issuance of the country’s digital gilt instruments, as part of a push to modernize how the nation’s capital markets operate.
英国财政部周二发布的公告称，劳埃德银行、国民威斯里安银行以及加拿大皇家银行资本市场也获选参与此次债券发行工作，预计发行时间将在2027年第一季度。
Lloyds, NatWest, and RBC Capital Markets were also chosen to lead the bond sale, which is expected to take place by the first quarter of 2027, the UK Treasury said in a statement on Tuesday.
今年早些时候，英国政府已选定汇丰银行作为区块链平台的供应商，该平台将用于数字国债（即DIGIT）的发行、流通及结算。
Earlier this year government had chosen HSBC as supplier of the blockchain platform which will be used to issue, distribute and settle digital gilts, known as DIGIT.
当前，各国政府及大型金融机构正积极探索如何将加密货币背后的技术应用于证券的发行与转让。这种被称为“代币化”的技术有望大幅提升债券、股票及基金等资产的交易效率并降低相关成本。
The move comes as governments and large financial institutions increasingly explore how the technology underpinning cryptocurrency can be used to change the way securities are created and transferred. The hope is that the process — known as tokenization — can make transactions and record-keeping involving assets such as bonds, stocks and funds faster and cheaper.
此次DIGIT试点项目是英国推动批发金融市场数字化战略的重要组成部分，旨在新技术浪潮下提升本国金融行业的国际竞争力。
The DIGIT pilot is part of the UK’s broader effort to digitize wholesale financial markets and bolster the country’s competitiveness as new new technologies reshape finance, according to the statement.
英国财政部经济事务大臣露西·里格比表示：“实现金融数字化对于英国打造全球数字资产中心至关重要，而发行数字国债正是这一战略的核心举措。”
“Digitalisation is central to ensuring that the UK can be a global hub for digital assets and the government’s commitment to the issuance of a digital gilt is a core part of this agenda,” Lucy Rigby, the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, said in a statement.
财政部指出，此次试点将全面检验区块链技术在债券发行及全生命周期管理中的实际应用效果。
The pilot will test how blockchain can be applied across the issuance and life cycle of the bond, the Treasury said.
尽管相关实践日益增多，但由于部分数字证券缺乏活跃的二级市场，目前此类证券在全球市场中所占比重依然微乎其微。
Despite growing activity, digitally issued securities still account for a sliver of global markets, due in part to the lack of liquid secondary markets for some of these assets.