Speakers
Allison Parent
Chief Policy Officer
Ondo Finance
Allison Parent is the Chief Policy Officer for Ondo Finance where she is focused on shaping the regulatory foundation for onchain capital markets.
Ms. Parent's background includes serving as Executive Director, Global Financial Markets Association, 2017-2026, representing the world's largest financial and capital markets firms on cross-border regulatory and market structure issues. Before GFMA, she was Head of Global Policy and Strategy at Barclays in London. She previously served as Senior Policy Advisor and Counsel for Markets at the Bank of England, and as Director for Government Policy and Finance with Barclays in Washington, DC. Earlier in her career, Parent was General Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget, where she advised on key financial services legislation, including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (aka TARP). Ms. Parent has also served on a number of public sector advisory roles, including as member of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) Advisory Forum on Format for Cyber Incident Reporting, the Associate Members Consultative Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), and the Digital Markets Subcommittee of the Global Markets Advisory Committee at the U.S. Commodity Futures and Trading Commission (CFTC).
Speaking At
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11:15am–12:45pmTue 17 NovPublic-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 3Open
The Scaling Challenge in Tokenized Markets
Beyond Issuance: Putting Tokenization to Work
Public-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 3Open
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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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Derek NeoHead, Market Platforms & ServicesSGX Group
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Gabriel CallsenSenior Director, Innovation & DigitalisationInternational Capital Market Association (ICMA)
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Horacio BarakatGlobal Head of Digital InnovationBroadridge
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John HoHead, Legal, Financial MarketsStandard Chartered Bank
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Katsuya TeraiDeputy Director, Crypto-Assets & Stablecoin DivisionFinancial Services Agency of Japan (JFSA)
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Keith de SouzaManaging Director & Group Head of Group Liquidity Management at Global Financial MarketsDBS Bank
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Peter HilborneChief Operating Officer, Global Operating PlatformSchroders Investment Management
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Scott O'MaliaChief Executive OfficerInternational Swaps & Derivatives Association, Inc.
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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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