Managing Director, Analytical Lead on Digital Assets, S&P Global
Based in London, Andrew leads S&P Global’s research on digital assets and their potential impact on financial markets. He began focusing on crypto and DeFi-related risks in early 2022, with an emphasis on understanding their potential impact on ratings and on financial markets more broadly. Examples of his research work include a deep-dive into the risk dependencies in public blockchains and the drivers of the failures of centralized crypto-related entities in 2022. He also participated in the development of S&P Global Ratings’ Stablecoin Stability Assessments launched in Nov. 2023.
He joined S&P in 2009 as an analyst in covered bond ratings before taking on a role in the development of rating methodologies, primarily for Structured Finance ratings. Before joining S&P Global Ratings, Andrew worked as an analyst in Investment Banking, Acquisition and Leveraged Finance at J.P. Morgan.
Andrew holds the CFA charter and a Masters degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Bath.
Roundtable Room 1, Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Level 4
Invite-Only
Project Guardian is an initiative spearheaded by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), aimed at enhancing the efficiency and liquidity of financial markets through asset tokenization. The project seeks to unite policymakers and financial institutions to explore the economic potential and governance structures surrounding digital assets.
A significant aspect of Project Guardian is its focus on the Fixed Income workstream, where various stakeholders, including S&P Global Ratings and Moody's, DBS Bank, Standard Chartered are collaborating to develop frameworks and assessments for tokenized fixed-income products.
Key discussion points:
1. Latest developments in the asset tokenization for the Fixed Income asset class
2. Industry standards for various tokenized debt securities and the application of these standards to commercial use cases.
3. As increasing banks participate in the project, what roles do various stakeholders, including regulators, credit rating agencies like Moody's and S&P Global Ratings, and financial institutions, play in the success of Project Guardian?
4. How can these collaborations be structured to ensure effective governance and risk management?
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