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John Ho
Head, Legal, Financial Markets
Standard Chartered Bank
John Ho is the Global Head of Legal, Financial Markets for Standard Chartered Bank (“SCB”), overseeing and providing legal advisory, transactional and documentation support for Financial Markets (FM) business globally for Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), its branches and affiliates.
Mr Ho is on the Financial Stability Board’s Taskforce on the Legal, Regulatory and Supervisory Frameworks, and the FIA Asia Pacific Advisory Board. Mr. Ho is also the co-chair of (1) the ISDA South East Asia Legal and Regulatory Committee and (2) the ISDA Asia Pacific ESG Working group. Mr. Ho is a member of the panel of experts of P.R.I.M.E. Finance, the financial markets dispute resolution service based in The Hague
Mr. Ho has supported digitisation in SCB and adoption of new or innovative technology initiatives such as blockchain, distributed ledger technology and smart contracts. He is an active participant in the industry’s Fintech events and has shared insights on the legal and regulatory framework relating to the development of Fintech, Digital Assets, Stablecoins, Web3 and Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). He has acted as a mentor for the UK FCA Sustainability TechSprint, FCA Digital Sandbox, R3 and LongHash, both global incubator networks which provide a full range of support for start-ups working on blockchain or distributed ledger related projects.
He is qualified as an advocate and solicitor in Singapore and he received his law degree from the National University of Singapore.
Speaking At
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11:15am–12:45pmTue 17 NovPublic-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 2Open
Tokenized Market Infrastructure – The Scaling Challenge
Beyond Issuance: Putting Tokenization to Work
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Allison ParentChief Policy OfficerOndo Finance
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Audrey MetzgerDirector of Innovation & Financial Market InfrastructuresBanque de France
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Chetan KarkhanisSVP Digital Asset Client EngagementFranklin Templeton
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Gabriel CallsenSenior Director, FinTech and DigitalisationInternational Capital Market Association (ICMA)
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John HoHead, Legal, Financial MarketsStandard Chartered Bank
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Alan LimDirector & Head, Financial Infrastructure & Artificial Intelligence OfficeMonetary Authority of SingaporeModerator
About this session
The first wave of asset tokenization proved that funds, bonds and other assets can be represented digitally and transacted on-chain. Yet despite a growing number of tokenized products, adoption remains fragmented and concentrated in isolated use cases. The next challenge is not creating more tokenized assets, but making them useful. How can tokenized assets be mobilised as collateral, deployed in funding markets, transferred seamlessly across institutions, and integrated into liquidity and treasury operations?
Building on Guardian's work in tokenized collateral and tokenized funds, this roundtable explores how tokenized assets can evolve from investment products into operational instruments that support financing, margining, collateral management and liquidity optimisation. Participants will discuss the legal, regulatory and infrastructure enablers needed to unlock collateral mobility, the role of tokenized money market funds and sovereign debt instruments, and whether a more connected ecosystem can create the scale necessary for institutional adoption.
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