Briefing – Tokenized securities 101: what every public company needs to know
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10.00 am PT / 1.00 pm ET / 6.00 pm BST / 7.00 pm CET
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45 minutes
About the event
Tokenized securities are attracting growing attention across capital markets, yet many public companies are still trying to understand what they mean in practice. While tokenization has the potential to influence securities ownership, trading and shareholder engagement, the future market structure remains uncertain, with multiple models emerging alongside established infrastructure. As financial institutions, regulators and market participants explore new applications, early use cases are already demonstrating how tokenized holdings can participate in governance processes such as proxy voting. For issuers, the challenge today is not adoption but understanding the implications of a technology that could reshape shareholder ownership and engagement in the years ahead.
This briefing will help governance, legal and investor relations professionals separate practical realities from industry hype, understand the emerging tokenization landscape and prepare for the conversations that are increasingly taking place in boardrooms and executive teams.
This session will discuss:
- What exactly is a tokenized security and why are financial institutions, regulators and market infrastructure providers investing in its development?
- What are the potential future models for tokenized securities markets and how might they coexist with traditional ownership and settlement frameworks?
- Could tokenization improve shareholder transparency, engagement and visibility along with what barriers still stand in the way?
- What questions should boards, governance professionals and investor relations teams be prepared to answer as interest in tokenization grows?
- What lessons can issuers learn from early real-world applications, including the extension of proxy voting and governance processes to tokenized holdings?
- How can public companies stay informed and prepared while the future of tokenized securities continues to evolve?
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