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      Chetan Karkhanis

      Chetan Karkhanis

      SVP Digital Asset Client Engagement

      Franklin Templeton

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      Chetan Karkhanis is a Senior Vice President in the Global Insurance and Institutional Asset Solutions (GIIAS) group focused on Digital Asset Client Engagement covering the Asia Pacific Region. Based in Singapore, he is focused on innovative distribution, digital disruption, and thought leadership in the region to accelerate, scale and commercialize technology-enabled investment capabilities. The group works with various members of the fintech ecosystem to connect clients, FT business partners and fintechs in developing new products, capabilities and distribution channels.

      Prior to this role, he led product management for various global equity platforms within Franklin Templeton, including the Templeton Global Equity Group, Franklin Global Growth, and Balanced Equity Management (Australia).

      Previously, Mr. Karkhanis led the Corporate Strategy function at Franklin Templeton as part of the Financial Strategies group. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton in 2014, he was a Vice President at JPMorgan Asset Management in Strategy and Development, based in New York City, and prior to that, held Strategy and Corporate Development positions in firms such as Moody’s and Charles Schwab. Mr. Karkhanis started his career in investment banking and equity research, covering the telecom, media and communications sector.

      Mr. Karkhanis holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Economics, and a Master of Science (M.Sc) degree in Management Sciences and Engineering, both from Stanford University, California.

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      • 11:15am–12:45pmTue 17 NovPublic-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 2Invite-Only

        Tokenized Market Infrastructure – The Scaling Challenge

        Beyond Issuance: Putting Tokenization to Work

        Public-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 2Invite-Only

        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.