For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by David Riegelnig, Founder and CEO of recently launched institutional trading platform Rulematch. Disclaimer: This is not investment advice. --------- Subscribe to not miss out future events: https://www.metaco.com/talks/ Metaco Talks Live conversations with the people operating at the frontier of crypto innovation: entrepreneurs, bankers, investors, fund administrators, traders, analysts and other crypto and digital asset market participants. Our objective is to help the broader ecosystem navigate this complex environment and unlock the market opportunity. This podcast is hosted by Metaco - the leading enterprise technology company whose mission is to enable financial and non-financial institutions to securely build their digital asset operations.
For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by Rajeev Tummala, Head of Digital & Data – Asia & MENA at HSBC Securities Services. Disclaimer: This is not investment advice. --------- Subscribe to not miss out future events: https://www.metaco.com/talks/ Metaco Talks Live conversations with the people operating at the frontier of crypto innovation: entrepreneurs, bankers, investors, fund administrators, traders, analysts and other crypto and digital asset market participants. Our objective is to help the broader ecosystem navigate this complex environment and unlock the market opportunity. This podcast is hosted by Metaco - the leading enterprise technology company whose mission is to enable financial and non-financial institutions to securely build their digital asset operations.
For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by experts Ashveen Gopee from Mauritius and Angela Itzikowitz from South Africa to delve deeper into the digital assets ecosystems in Mauritius and South Africa and discuss the state of regulation, licensing requirements and adoption of digital assets in these markets and the broader region. Disclaimer: This is not investment advice. --------- Subscribe to not miss out future events: https://www.metaco.com/talks/ Metaco Talks Live conversations with the people operating at the frontier of crypto innovation: entrepreneurs, bankers, investors, fund administrators, traders, analysts and other crypto and digital asset market participants. Our objective is to help the broader ecosystem navigate this complex environment and unlock the market opportunity. This podcast is hosted by Metaco - the leading enterprise technology company whose mission is to enable financial and non-financial institutions to securely build their digital asset operations.
For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by Brad Garlinghouse, CEO at Ripple. Since 2016, Brad is the CEO of Ripple, the leader in enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions. Prior to Ripple, Brad served as the CEO of file collaboration service Hightail. Agenda – The paradigm shift toward the Internet of Value – Ripple’s role in assisting both financial and non-financial firms in navigating this transition – Strategic considerations underpinning Ripple’s emphasis on institutional digital asset infrastructure: assessing the market potential and grasping the essential requirements for its complete realization – What lies ahead for Ripple and the collaboration between Ripple and Metaco Disclaimer: This is not investment advice. --------- Subscribe to not miss out future events: https://www.metaco.com/talks/ Metaco Talks Live conversations with the people operating at the frontier of crypto innovation: entrepreneurs, bankers, investors, fund administrators, traders, analysts and other crypto and digital asset market participants. Our objective is to help the broader ecosystem navigate this complex environment and unlock the market opportunity. This podcast is hosted by Metaco - the leading enterprise technology company whose mission is to enable financial and non-financial institutions to securely build their digital asset operations.
For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by David Creer, Global DLT & Crypto Lead at GFT. David is a global leader in the Enterprise DLT field, being heavily involved in both the strategy defining and technical implementation of banking and enterprise projects. David is also a thought leader in the space and a prolific speaker on digital assets and blockchain. Agenda - Real-world digital asset use cases from banks and corporates - Technological, operating and implementation models - How to get to market fast Disclaimer: This is not investment advice. --------- Subscribe to not miss out future events: https://www.metaco.com/talks/ Metaco Talks Live conversations with the people operating at the frontier of crypto innovation: entrepreneurs, bankers, investors, fund administrators, traders, analysts and other crypto and digital asset market participants. Our objective is to help the broader ecosystem navigate this complex environment and unlock the market opportunity. This podcast is hosted by Metaco - the leading enterprise technology company whose mission is to enable financial and non-financial institutions to securely build their digital asset operations.
For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by Angela Ang, who leads Asia Pacific public policy and regulatory affairs for TRM Labs, and Vince Turcotte, Director of Digital Assets APAC at Eventus Systems. Agenda 1. Frameworks for Risk Management in Institutional Digital Asset Management
2. An insider view of regulatory environments across Asia Pacific
3. Winning the digital asset race: TradFi vs. Crypto-natives
Disclaimer: This is not investment advice. --------- Subscribe to not miss out future events: https://www.metaco.com/talks/ Metaco Talks Live conversations with the people operating at the frontier of crypto innovation: entrepreneurs, bankers, investors, fund administrators, traders, analysts and other crypto and digital asset market participants. Our objective is to help the broader ecosystem navigate this complex environment and unlock the market opportunity. This podcast is hosted by Metaco - the leading enterprise technology company whose mission is to enable financial and non-financial institutions to securely build their digital asset operations.
For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by Lisa Wade, CEO at DigitalX, a publicly-listed blockchain financial company innovating at the frontiers of Web3, providing digital asset funds management services for institutional investors and development of blockchain-enabled products for capital markets applications. Agenda 1. Real-world assets tokenized funds: the why and how
2. Digital asset fund management services: Crypto-native vs. traditional institutions
3. Learnings from big bank projects
Disclaimer: This is not investment advice. --------- Subscribe to not miss out future events: https://www.metaco.com/talks/ Metaco Talks Live conversations with the people operating at the frontier of crypto innovation: entrepreneurs, bankers, investors, fund administrators, traders, analysts and other crypto and digital asset market participants. Our objective is to help the broader ecosystem navigate this complex environment and unlock the market opportunity. This podcast is hosted by Metaco - the leading enterprise technology company whose mission is to enable financial and non-financial institutions to securely build their digital asset operations.
For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by Richard Rosenthal, Principal in Deloitte & Touche LLP’s Advisory practice, where he specifically leads Deloitte’s Business & Entity Transformation integrated services and also Deloitte’s Digital Assets Banking Regulatory practice. Agenda 1. Digital Asset & Transformation projects in Banking (before and after the crypto winter); 2. U.S. regulatory developments, and potential ripple effects across the globe; 3. Opportunities and challenges: for large banks, mid-market and neobanks. Disclaimer: This is not investment advice. --------- Subscribe to not miss out future events: https://www.metaco.com/talks/ Metaco Talks Live conversations with the people operating at the frontier of crypto innovation: entrepreneurs, bankers, investors, fund administrators, traders, analysts and other crypto and digital asset market participants. Our objective is to help the broader ecosystem navigate this complex environment and unlock the market opportunity. This podcast is hosted by Metaco - the leading enterprise technology company whose mission is to enable financial and non-financial institutions to securely build their digital asset operations.
For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by Marcus Gassmann, Senior Business Expert Capital Markets at Union Investment, one of the largest asset management companies in Germany with more than 400 billion EURO assets under management – and as some people call it – one of the most crypto-friendly asset management firms on the market. We are also joined by Benjamin Schaub, Chief Digital Officer at Intas.tech, a highly specialized consultancy which supports financial institutions in the strategy, planning, implementation and integration of use cases around digital assets and blockchain.
Topics discussed
1. Understanding the German financial market structure & dynamics;
2. Crypto regulations and the impact on the investment process;
3 Tokenization strategies for the asset management industry
For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by Paul Brody, Global Blockchain Leader at EY. Based out of San Francisco, Paul is responsible for driving EY’s initiatives and investments in blockchain technology across consulting, audit, and tax business lines, including the build out of EY’s first global SaaS platform Blockchain.EY.com.
Topics covered
1. Privacy-first, permissionless, open blockchains
2. Blockchain, digital asset & DeFi use cases in financial services
3. Mass adoption & use cases for corporates across all industries
For this METACO TALKS episode, we were joined by Kelly Chia, Deputy Head of Research Asia, Bank Julius Baer, covering digital assets, macro strategy, ESG and thematic investing.
Prior to joining Bank Julius Baer in 2011, Kelly worked for Temasek Holdings, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund.
Graduating as an engineer from Nanyang Technological University, he first worked at a General Electric joint venture designing complex repairs for aircraft engines. Mr. Chia then transited into business development with the Singapore government and finally made the leap to be a sell-side analyst for OCBC Bank and Standard Chartered more than a decade ago.
Disclaimer: This is not investment advice.
For this METACO TALKS episode, we were joined by Nitin Gaur, Managing Director at State Street Digital, a division of State Street Bank focusing on digital assets and technologies including cryptocurrencies, central bank digital currency, blockchain, and tokenization. Nitin leads the digital asset and technology design, with aspirations to transition part of the company’s financial market infrastructure and its clients to the new digital economy.
In a previous role, Nitin, served as the founder and director of IBM Digital Asset Labs — committed to devising industry standards, use cases and working toward making blockchain for enterprise a reality. In parallel, Nitin also served as chief technology officer of IBM World Wire — a cross-border payment solution utilizing digital assets. Nitin also founded IBM Blockchain Labs and led the effort to establish blockchain practice for the enterprise.
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For this METACO TALKS episode, we were joined by Simon TAYLOR, known among many others as co-founder of 11:FS, author of Fintech Brain Food newsletter, and most recently Head of Strategy & Content at Sardine – an API platform providing compliance and instant settlement to the crypto & DeFi wallet industry.
Simon started as a software engineer in Telco, before moving to payments and delivering one of the first Mobile Banking Apps in the United Kingdom.
Throughout his career, Simon has worked across consumer, SMB, cash management, capital markets and crypto/digital assets, with clients like HSBC, Barclays, Meta, Stripe.
At Barclays, Simon launched RISE, the Innovation Accelerator, and was Head of Crypto R&D.
Today Simon advises Governments, Regulators and some of the world’s largest Banks, Financial Institutions and Corporations on how Fintech and Web3 will impact their business in the short, medium and long term.
Simon’s Fintech Brainfood blog is one of the most popular in financial services, and Simon is a regular guest in major media outlets like the BBC and Bloomberg.
Disclaimer: This is not investment advice.
For this episode of METACO TALKS, we were joined by Pedro LOPEZ-BELMONTE, Blockchain Lead at Richemont, the Swiss-based luxury company, owner of brands such as Cartier, Montblanc, Net-a-porter etc.
Pedro is a Blockchain expert, mission-driven, leading business to generate value through emerging technologies and cross-tech innovations.
Currently driving the blockchain & digital asset management strategy & roadmap for Richemont in the public & private blockchains that makes it possible for consumers to access product history and proof of authenticity of luxury goods – from sourcing to sales, all the way to second-hand markets.
With more than 20 years of experience in providing support, long-term vision and continuity to the innovation process as a bridge between the business, the technology and the innovation functions, Pedro contributes defining & leading the Emerging Technologies integration process by working on the strategy and roadmap along with main stakeholders, identifying new tech trends, being part of the external ecosystem to nurture the internal one, continuously identifying and engaging with new relevant players as part of the Emerging Technologies network.
In this episode, we discussed, among others:
Disclaimer: This is not investment advice.
For this episode of METACO TALKS, we were joined by Jean-Marc STENGER, Chief Executive Officer at FORGE, a fully integrated subsidiary of Société Générale Group focused exclusively on digital assets.
Jean-Marc has been with Société Générale since 2000, and has an active member of the European blockchain ecosystem for many years.
Prior to help founding FORGE in order to expand Société Générale’s capabilities in digital assets and digital capital markets, he was Chief Investment Officer (and part of the founding team) at Lyxor Asset Management, a specialized asset management company which was in the meantime sold by Société Générale to Amundi Group.
In this episode, we discussed, among others:
Disclaimer: This is not investment advice.
For this episode of METACO Talks we were joined by Catherine Bautista-Casas, Head of Blockchain Center of Excellence and Digital Asset Markets and VP Fintech Business Group at Union Bank of the Philippines. Catherine is a pioneer in blockchain in the Philippines and has spent the last 20 years at the forefront of innovation at Union Bank (in areas such as market risk, treasury and fixed income derivative trading, and blockchain).
In this episode, we discussed, among others:
- What prompted UnionBank to become the first Philippine lender to launch its own stablecoin
- PHX? - What is driving the fast adoption of crypto currencies and other digital assets in the Philippines?
- What is the bank’s Blockchain Center of Excellence, how has it grown over time and what are the plans for the years ahead?
- What is the position of national regulators regarding crypto in general, and how supportive they are with initiatives such as Union Bank’s?
- What are some of the technology considerations and challenges when it comes to operating digital assets?
Disclaimer: This is not investment advice.
For this episode of METACO Talks we were joined by Julian Sevillano, Managing Director and Head of Digital Assets at Promontory (an IBM Company). Julian leads Promontory’s client relations on the west coast – this includes developing strategies and solutions for their Fintech practice. He has spent the last 20 years experience in international payments and banking and building an impressive reputation as an advisor to early-stage companies and investment firms.
In this episode, we discussed, among others:
- Rewriting regulation
- Regulation across the globe
- Digital asset banks
- Governance and digital assets
- Creating a new compliance programme and team
- Regulating outside the mainstream
Disclaimer: This is not investment advice.
For this episode of METACO Talks we were joined by Rehan Ahmed, Chief Product Officer and founding team member at Marketnode, a SGX & Temasek joint venture focused on digital assets. Within this role, he focuses on product development and the digitalisation of capital markets products including bonds, funds infrastructure and sustainable finance. As Head of Fixed Income Products & Digital Assets at SGX, Rehan oversaw the launch of a digital bond issuance platform that culminated in the Marketnode partnership.
In this episode, we discussed, among others:
Disclaimer: This is not investment advice.
For this episode of METACO Talks, we were joined by Izabella Kaminska, editor at FT Alphaville. Before that she worked as a producer at CNBC, a natural gas reporter at Platts and an associate editor of BP’s internal magazine. She has also worked as a reporter on English language business papers in Poland and Azerbaijan and was a Reuters graduate trainee in 2004.
In this episode, we discussed, among others:
Disclaimer: This is not investment advice.
For this episode of METACO Talks, we were joined by Rajeev TUMMALA, Director in Digital and Data team for HSBC’s Markets &Securities Services Business in Singapore. He is engaged with Financial Market infrastructure providers on implications of DLT for securities issuance and associated asset servicing.
Rajeev has worked with Broker Dealers and Securities Service Technology providers for over 20
years in India, Japan and Singapore. Prior to joining HSBC, he was with Bank of America Merrill Lynch for 10 years. Since 2015, Rajeev has focused on innovation, applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and distributed ledger technology (DLT) on Securities Services and has had responsibility for engaging with Fintech start-ups related to AI and DLT solutions.
In this episode, we discussed, among others:
Disclaimer: This is not investment advice.
