Dr Darko Hajdukovic is responsible for product and policy solutions across all asset classes, including equity, fixed income, and investment funds. He oversees all Primary Markets platforms ranging from issuer services to private markets. He also has responsibility for market engagement, commercial opportunities, and business development of LSEG’s digital assets. Darko has extensive experience in equity and debt transactions.
Darko joined the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) in 2007 as Debt Product Manager looking after primary fixed income business. Before joining LSEG, Darko was an independent consultant specialising in financial regulation and regulatory economics. His previous engagements include projects on assessing the effectiveness of the EU regulation and its impact on the economic development as well as sector research covering telecommunications, manufacturing and tourism for the European Commission and DLA Piper.
Darko holds a Doctorate in Economics from University of London and is a member of the Royal Economic Society
Roundtable Room 2 (Level 2)
Decoding Digital Assets and Payments
This roundtable considers the work that the BIS Innovation Hub Eurosystem Centre, Singapore Centre, together with the central banks of France, Italy, Malaysia, and Singapore are pursuing to determine how FX will look like in a world of digital money.
The discussion will support this work, with the objective to:
- Promote understanding and share insights on the integration of digital currencies in the FX market.
- Identify challenges and explore opportunities presented by the intersection of FX, DeFi, and wholesale CBDCs.
- Encourage collaboration among stakeholders to shape a forward-looking FX framework that accommodates digital innovations.
This roundtable is closely tied to the work on Project Rialto, which aims to improving instant cross-border payments using wholesale CBDC settlement, details of which are available in the agenda brief. Operating under the theme of Decoding Digital Assets and Payments, this roundtable will explore the inefficiencies in today's foreign exchange markets, and the various initiatives that are being pursued to address these.
Attendees who wish to familiarise themselves with the history of the topic may refer to the reference materials here.