Andrew leads Franklin Templetons Digital Assets projects in Asian and the Middle East. He is currently leading several pioneering fund tokenization projects in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, and the UAE using the Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund. Which is the first U.S. registered mutual fund run on public blockchain technology that was launched in 2021.
He has over 28 years industry experience working with Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Citibank, and Tiedemann Investment Group. He was the founder of Shadforth Financial Group in Australia that was acquired by IOOF in 2014.
He undertook a PhD at the University of Pennsylvania and holds degrees from the University of Melbourne and University of Tasmania.
Workshop
Invite-Only
Tokenisation has taken the financial world by storm, promising a new paradigm of securities issuance, settlement, and distribution. Indeed, 2021 – 2023 has seen the completion of various high-profile proof of concepts (POCs), showcasing the transformative potential of the technology.
How close is the industry to commercialisation? What are the pathways to sustainable revenue?
Join Marketnode, Boatload Ventures, Franklin Templeton and HSBC as we conduct a workshop discussing the state of affairs in Asia-Pacific, with a focus on tokenised fixed income, funds and structured products.
Roundtable 1
Invite-Only
This roundtable will discuss the role of digital assets in expanding the opportunities and value capture for capital markets as well as the learnings in the various asset classes.
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