Hedge Fund European Digital Assets Summit 2023

Review of key regulatory shifts impacting the space, particularly after wave of liquidations and scandals
Are we likely to see a degree of regulatory harmony for a truly global space – or a potentially disruptive process of increasingly radical nation-by-nation rules?
What is the FCA’s current stance and what are the other key regulatory developments in EU and US?
…and will ‘regulation by enforcement’ be replaced by something more sensible and partnership-based?
How will regulation impact managers…but also be applied to service providers, particularly exchanges?

Safe keeping of assets after FTX are essential – how good are the custody solutions out there and do they work with all asset types?
How does custody help with emerging strategies and investment techniques like staking and cross exchange strategies - where are the assets actually held and how can you get full-transparency?
What are the emerging and new custody solutions that can help your business?
Do the increased partnerships between big banks and custodians show that managers can have more confidence? Or are the risks just as present?
How do you deal with allocators questions about asset safety – how can you answer these concerns?
Can we stop another FTX et al happening again?

Data management, aggregation, analysis, clarity and integrity is essential in the journey to successful investment. How are managers handling the data dimension of their business?
What are fund managers’ primary data sources? How do they bring together data sourced from exchanges, blockchain explorers, data providers and services like Bloomberg? And how is this then applied?
Is the lack of standarisation across the industry a significant challenge?
As the space becomes less liquid asset valuation can become more difficult. How are fund administrators evolving their services to support managers in this regard?
Fund benchmarking – how can managers compare their fund performance against that of their peer group? Are crypto indices a credible comparison source?