London Blockchain: Institutional Investment Summit

New markets, evolving models and the future of institutional capital 

11 March 2027, Travers Smith, London

Summit Highlights

New market models and investment infrastructure are creating opportunities for institutional investors, but where do they deliver genuine commercial value?

The London Blockchain Institutional Investment Summit brings together senior leaders from asset management, asset allocation, banking, market infrastructure and technology to examine the commercial case for adopting digital asset rails & technologies. This summit explores the potential of tokenised assets, programmable settlement and emerging market models to improve capital efficiency, market access, collateral mobility and liquidity management.

Our full day agenda examines where existing market structures create costly inefficiencies, which innovations offer meaningful benefits, and what institutions must consider before adopting them. Discussions will address the practical implications for investment strategy, operating models, custody, settlement and governance, while scrutinising the costs, complexity and risks associated with change.

Faster capital movement does not necessarily translate into deeper liquidity or better investment outcomes. Designed for institutions evaluating the next generation of financial infrastructure, the summit will help attendees assess commercial opportunities, challenge assumptions and identify practical pathways to adoption.

Speakers

Who Should Attend 

This is a senior-level event for financial leaders driving innovation, compliance, and transformation.

  • Asset managers, fund leaders and buy-side strategy teams 
  • Treasury, liquidity and collateral management professionals 
  • Digital asset, innovation and tokenisation leads 
  • Capital markets, trading and product development teams 
  • Custody, settlement and market infrastructure leaders 
  • Legal, compliance, risk and regulatory affairs professionals 
  • CIOs, CTOs, CFOs and transformation leads across financial institutions and fintechs 

Enterprise leaders assessing tokenised products, digital issuance and on-chain financial infrastructure

Key Topics Impacting Capital Flows

The shift from pilots to production is accelerating, and these are the themes defining the next phase of digital finance: 

  • Institutional Capital Allocation to Tokenised Assets
  • Capital Mobility and Institutional Market Infrastructure
  • AI, Automation and Emerging Digital Market Risks
  • Risk, Governance and Control in Continuous Markets

Agenda

– coming soon  

Key Agenda Points: 

  • Perps and Alternative Routes to Traditional Asset Exposure
  • Digital Cash Leg – Institutional Rationale & Available Models
  • 24/5 & 24/7 Markets – Rethinking the Traditional Fund Model
  • Counter Party Risk Considerations in Age of ‘Always On’ Markets

Confidential Assets and the Next Phase of Institutional Tokenisation

Key takeaways were: 

  • Why full market visibility of balances, trades and counter parties creates a structural barrier for institutional adoption of tokenised assets
  • How the role of confidentiality in regulated financial markets, particularly where privacy, compliance and market integrity must operate together
  • How confidential assets offers a more practical, institution-ready framework for tokenisation by combining on-chain asset functionality with controlled disclosure.

Speaker:
Martin Halford, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Technology Officer, Polymath Network

Building the Tokenised Issuance Stack: Issuer, Administrator, Legal, Custodian, Platform

Key takeaways were: 

  • How issuers, administrators, legal advisers, custodians and platforms must work together to take a tokenised product from structuring and issuance through to service, transfer and reporting
  • How the operational pressure points across onboarding, record-keeping, ownership control, cash settlement and integration with existing market infrastructure
  • What is required to turn tokenised issuance from a pilot exercise into a scalable institutional model with credible governance, legal certainty and coordinated delivery across the stack.

Speakers:
Oya Celiktemur, EMEA Lead, Ondo
Myles Harrison, Chief Product Officer, AMINA Bank
Satjeet Sahota, Partner & General Counsel, Fasanara Capital
Shrey Rastogi, CEO, KAIO
Sophie Lessar, Partner, DLA Piper

Our sponsors and partners

Get your ticket

Tickets are non-refundable, non-transferable. All prices exclude VAT, invoices and bank transfers available. You will be redirected to our secure ticket platform