Audience
Hedge funds, pension funds, institutional treasuries, banks, regulated funds, corporates, and family offices that qualify as professional investors under AIFMD/MiFID. YieldGuard is not available to retail investors.
Mandate
Cash-equivalent exposure routed to short-duration sovereign instruments and government‑only money market funds, with optional repo secured by Treasury collateral.
Key Terms (At a Glance)
50 million USDC. Fiat-equivalent funding is accepted. Tickets below the minimum are not accepted.
Professional investors only. Subscription is subject to KYC/AML, sanctions screening, and eligibility attestation.
Luxembourg RAIF (SCSp) with an external AIFM and regulated Depositary. Transfer‑restricted interests; secondary transfers subject to manager consent and eligibility checks.
Subscriptions and redemptions on dealing days with published cut‑offs and settlement windows (T+0/T+1 where underlying allows).
Daily NAV, sleeve‑level holdings and metrics, proof‑of‑reserve status, and audit‑ready trails available in‑app and via API.
Management fee scalable with assets and flow profile; negotiated at or below institutional money‑fund comparables. Exit fee, if any, is used to protect remaining holders and is not manager revenue.
What You Get
Cash that behaves like cash
Constrained duration (short WAM/WAL), sovereign collateral proximity, and a controls‑first router that prioritises exits and data freshness.
Operational discipline
Issuer/custodian caps, deposit auto‑pause on stale data, and deterministic NAV/APY engines. Rebalancing respects proof‑of‑reserve status, cut‑offs, and minimum spread edges.
Institutional plumbing
Primary auction access for U.S. bills, government‑only MMFs, and repo via bank‑sponsored, centrally‑cleared and tri‑party channels.
Evidence you can reuse
Board‑pack‑ready exports: sleeve allocations, cash‑flow dates, haircuts, counterparties, stress results, and reconciliation logs.
Sleeves (Current & Roadmap)
- U.S. Treasury Bills (laddered 4–52 weeks)
Primary auction participation and secondary settlement via tier‑one dealers and global custodians. - Government‑only MMFs
Indirect exposure to the Federal Reserve reverse‑repo floor through board‑supervised funds; daily liquidity metrics surfaced in‑app. - Repo (USD, Treasury‑secured)
Tri‑party and sponsored clearing with conservative haircuts; automatic sweep to MMF sleeve when conditions degrade. - Global Bills (USD‑hedged) — roadmap
Short‑tenor sovereigns ex‑U.S., hedge discipline, and dealer‑depth monitoring. - AAA Supranational / EU short duration — roadmap
Green‑aware sleeve at short tenor; duration and concentration caps mirror the cash standard.
Onboarding
- Introductory call
Confirm mandate fit, operational constraints, and desired sleeve mix. - Eligibility & KYC
Professional investor attestation, KYC/AML, sanctions screening, ultimate beneficial ownership and source‑of‑funds documentation. - Documentation
RAIF subscription pack, side letters if relevant, fee schedule, reporting preferences, and permitted wallet list. - Connectivity
Whitelist funding/receiving wallets; optional API credentials for reporting and treasury system integration. - Funding
Fund in EUR or USD‑equivalent stablecoins or fiat via designated custodians. Allocation according to selected policy upon receipt. - Go‑live
Access investor cockpit; review live NAV/APY, sleeve allocations, cut‑offs, and proof‑of‑reserve status.
Custody and settlement map
We do not park investor stablecoins at a bank. The design is stablecoin‑first and coins sit in approved on‑chain custody until allocation. Securities and money‑fund units book to the RAIF across transfer‑agent registers and clearing systems.
Stablecoin funding path
- The investor funds from an allow‑listed prime crypto custodian. Coins land in a RAIF staging wallet that uses institutional MPC custody.
- The router allocates from that wallet into the chosen sleeve so that coins do not idle. The screen shows the next dealing window and the route.
- Where a sleeve demands fiat settlement, the platform converts through a regulated venue that sits in our perimeter and settlement proceeds through recognised clearing systems.
Where assets live through the life cycle
- Stablecoins before allocation sit in the RAIF on‑chain custody.
- Tokenised Treasury wrappers sit in the RAIF on‑chain custody under per‑issuer caps that the dashboard shows.
- Money‑market fund shares sit on transfer‑agent registers that we reconcile to issuer statements.
- Treasury bills settle across DTC and Fed links in the RAIF name.
- Repo cash and collateral sit in tri‑party or sponsored clearing accounts with conservative schedules.
Routing by sleeve
- Tokenised wrappers that take USDC or USDT receive direct mints from the staging wallet and wrapper tokens return to segregated addresses that the depositary knows.
- The government‑only money‑fund sleeve moves through a tokenised share class where that exists or through the transfer agent where that does not.
- US bills settle across DTC and Fed links and coins convert on our bridge so that settlement may complete through our clearing channels.
- The repo sleeve accepts cash from the bridge and holds collateral that the clearing agent supervises.
What we do and what we do not do
- We safekeep securities positions through recognised clearing channels and transfer agents and we reconcile those to issuer records.
- We do not hold investor stablecoins as client money at a bank. Coins remain in the RAIF digital‑asset custody until allocation or conversion.
- The depositary monitors cash flows, positions and breaches and receives files that tie coin movements to securities settlement.
Controls on the bridge
- Allowed assets are whitelisted at contract level and at custody level.
- Proof of reserve gates apply where wrappers publish them. Deposits pause when feeds age beyond our rule and withdrawals remain open.
- Issuer limits and venue limits apply before and after conversion and the screen shows headroom.
- A reconciler ties coins in, mints out, securities fills and money‑fund confirms with persistent timestamps and as‑of windows.
What the screen shows a treasurer
- Source wallet, received coins and the staging wallet address.
- Chosen sleeve mix, next dealing windows, cut‑offs and the conversion leg where we must bridge to fiat.
- Per‑issuer exposure, proof of reserve timeliness, haircut statistics and settlement progress.
- A cost trace that separates wrapper fees, our fee and real frictions on the bridge.
Service‑provider disclosure
Staged stablecoins sit in segregated RAIF wallets under an institutional MPC custodian (Fireblocks) with allow‑listed routes and dual‑control release. Coinbase Custody International is the approved alternate. The depositary monitors addresses and logs. Securities and money‑fund units appear in the in‑app service‑provider panel with the named clearing channels.
The appointment is in final selection with the depositary. The depositary shortlist includes Kapital Bank Luxembourg and Standard Chartered Luxembourg, and the global custody leg will run through a group entity that holds DTC and Fed links. The name appears in the subscription pack and in the in‑app service‑provider panel.
Liquidity & Cut‑offs
- Subscriptions
Dealing days with cut‑offs published in the app. Orders submitted after cut‑off roll to the next dealing point. - Redemptions
T+0/T+1 where underlying allows; otherwise per‑sleeve settlement guidance is displayed. Redemption proceeds are paid to the registered account/wallet only. - Pauses
Deposits may be paused when proof‑of‑reserve is stale or when NAV divergence exceeds policy thresholds. Redemptions remain available.
Fees (Institutional Schedule)
- Management fee
Negotiated, scale‑based. Effective rate targets institutional MMF comparables at the investor’s asset and flow profile. - Operational frictions
Real costs from switching or venue fees are minimised and disclosed; the platform absorbs routine costs within an operating allowance where possible. - Exit fee (if applied)
Exit fee 1.5 bp, rebated to remaining holders. During elevated market frictions the fee may step up to 5 bp under our published trigger. The fee is never manager revenue. We publish a ledger of collections and rebates.
A formal fee letter is provided during documentation.
Controls & Risk
- Caps
Per‑issuer and per‑custodian limits enforced; real‑time concentration logging. - Data integrity
Proof‑of‑reserve integrations, daily NAV jobs, deterministic pricing hierarchies, and coherent as‑of windows. - Governance
External AIFM and regulated Depositary; incident playbook; investor status page; upgrades and parameter changes via controlled governance. - Stress
Standing redemption scenario reviewed by the board; engine freezes rebalancing on auditor/trustee/custodian downgrades. - Insurance
Layered cover with disclosed attachment points; limits scale with assets and counterpart distribution.
Relationship with wrapper issuers
We think that investors deserve a clear account of how we stand in relation to the issuers whose wrappers we may use. The position is plain and it is built for scrutiny.
Legal and structural position
- We act as allocator and router. Issuers remain separate legal persons with their own boards, auditors, custodians and transfer agents.
- We disclose where legal title sits, whether holdings are segregated or omnibus, and the full custody chain.
- We describe the issuer’s insolvency mechanics that you can judge the ring‑fencing.
- Transfer rules at the issuer level pass through to us and to registered wallets.
- We map issuer domicile and governing law and we route only where those patterns fit our eligibility rules.
Commercial terms and conflicts
- Routing is based on net economics to the investor that include wrapper fees and operating frictions.
- We receive no revenue share, rebate or marketing payment from issuers unless we have disclosed it in writing that investors can see.
- Where we hold operational side letters that cover support or quota reservations, we state that they do not alter economics. We keep a short register that investors may review.
- We seek most‑favoured terms on fees and service levels at defined asset tiers and we tell you when such terms apply.
Capacity, quotas and scalability
- We set conservative platform caps by issuer and we honour issuer capacity limits or agreed mint and redeem quotas for large clips.
- For large tickets we coordinate fills with issuers and dealers and we publish the expected schedule.
- Where an issuer runs a queue we surface backlog and timestamps in the app. We reroute or we pause deposits rather than build hidden queues.
Liquidity and dealing
- Our calendars mirror issuer cut‑offs and settlement windows. The app shows time to cash by sleeve and it blocks orders that would miss a window.
- Under stress we use a fixed liquidity sequence that runs through repo unwind and the MMF sleeve before secondary sales. Wrappers that fail to redeem on time are down‑weighted or moved to observe.
- Off‑calendar cash‑management bill supply is tagged and presented so that committees can forecast cash dates.
Data integrity and proof of reserve
- We require proof of reserve timeliness targets from issuers. When attestations age beyond our threshold, deposits pause while withdrawals remain open.
- We reconcile issuer reports to custodian statements and on‑chain balances. We raise alerts on mismatches and we mark status in public.
- We disclose who attests, the scope, and the cadence. We prefer continuous or daily programmes over episodic claims.
Operational arrangements and service levels
- We maintain named contacts and escalation paths with response targets and we share the RACI tables with investors.
- Issuer changes to fees, cut‑offs or custody trigger a cool‑down and a full re‑approval before routing resumes.
- We run joint resilience drills that cover oracle outages, TA downtime and chain halts and we publish results on the status page.
Risk controls and automatic brakes
- Issuer and custodian concentration caps are enforced in code and the dashboard shows headroom.
- Auditor resignation, custodian incidents or control failures at an issuer trigger a rebalance freeze and the sleeve moves to observe.
- Where wrappers use repo internally we display haircuts, fail rates and eligible collateral schedules.
Reporting to you
- Live per‑issuer exposure and concentration trends.
- Proof of reserve timeliness with last attestation timestamp, source and next expected update.
- Dealing telemetry that includes cut‑offs, submitted versus filled orders and realised settlement lags.
- An incident log with time‑stamped issues, remediation and whether we paused deposits or changed caps.
- A cost trace for each route that sets out wrapper fee, our fee and switching frictions actually incurred.
Compliance boundaries
- We restate issuer claims in our own words and we verify them. Claims that cannot be evidenced do not appear.
- We do not route to wrappers whose eligibility regimes clash with our professional‑only gate or with your constraints.
- We avoid wrappers whose distribution stance could compromise our RAIF and AIFM perimeter.
Contingency and exit
- We pre‑approve alternates so that we can rotate within policy if an issuer degrades without leaving the cash universe.
- We maintain sleeve cash buffers sized to ordinary daily redemptions and we publish schedules for large events.
- Where an issuer must be exited we present a dated plan that covers dealing points, expected haircuts and residual tails and we report progress until flat.
DDQ prompt sheet
- Do you receive compensation from wrapper issuers. If yes, what and where do you disclose it.
- Where does legal title sit and along which custody chain. Are holdings segregated.
- What are your issuer concentration caps and who can approve a change.
- What are the cut‑offs, settlement windows and queue mechanics under stress.
- What are the proof of reserve cadences, who signs them and what is your auto‑pause threshold.
- What mint and redeem quotas do you hold with each issuer at large flow.
- What are your downgrade triggers and what steps follow.
- Do you hold side letters and can we review the operational terms.
- How do you evidence realised costs and slippage per route.
- What is your rotation plan if an issuer is suspended or sanctioned.
Reporting & Access
- In‑app
Sleeve allocations, next cash‑flow dates, haircut statistics, counterpart exposure, stress results, and rebalance history with costs. - API
NAV, APY, holdings by sleeve, alerts, and audit trails for automated ingestion into treasury systems. - Documents
Fact sheets, monthly letters, and board‑pack templates.
Compliance Notes
- This material is for professional investors only and is not an offer to the public.
- Interests are transfer‑restricted and subject to eligibility, onboarding, and manager consent.
- Performance figures, if shown, are historic or hypothetical and net of platform fees; investor‑specific costs may apply.
- Availability is subject to local distribution rules; certain jurisdictions are excluded.
Contact
For an introductory discussion and documentation pack, please contact the YieldGuard investor relations team at investors@yieldguard or via the in‑app request form.