Key areas of analysis and discussion:
- From speculation to allocation: Digital assets are moving from a retail-led speculative market to an institutionally relevant asset class. How should investment professionals assess them within fiduciary, suitability and governance frameworks?
- Tokenisation of real-world assets: Tokenised funds, Treasuries, collateral and settlement infrastructure are moving from pilots to production. What are the key considerations around legal title, custody, transferability, settlement finality and operational due diligence?
- Stablecoins as infrastructure: Stablecoins are increasingly relevant to payments, dollar liquidity, cross-border settlement and Treasury demand. How should investors assess reserve quality, redemption mechanics, regulation and systemic risk?
- Regulatory progress and fragmentation: MiCA, the UK Digital Securities Sandbox, FCA/Bank of England work and US legislative developments show momentum, but global rules remain inconsistent. What is working, what remains unresolved and where does fragmentation create risk?
- Portfolio construction and risk governance: The challenge is not simply "crypto yes or no", but what evidence, risk controls and governance are required to allocate responsibly. How should this change the analytical framework for investment professionals?
- Market structure disruption: If issuance, custody, settlement and collateral mobility move onchain, which parts of today's financial value chain are enhanced, compressed or made redundant?
We look forward to seeing you there!
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Harriet Thompson
Sales Associate
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