Overview

This eSeminar is a recorded session of the “Cheat Codes: Deciphering Regulatory Developments Across Tokenisation and AI in Hong Kong's Financial Sector" webinar held on 29 April 2025.

During this session, Ms. Grace Fung and Mr. Dominic Edmondson from Baker McKenzie introduce asset tokenisation, covering the regulatory requirements for issuance, distribution, and sale, as well as demonstrating an artificial intelligence (AI) governance framework. Key topics include potential use cases and the financial and legal issues arising from AI.

Objective

After completing this course, you will be able to
- Describe what asset tokenisation is and outline its main types and processes.
- Summarise global adoption trends of asset tokenisation and key regulatory considerations.
- Identify common use cases of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in financial services.
- Explain the main regulatory and data privacy issues related to AI and the importance of an AI governance framework.

Content

- What is asset tokenisation and what are the different types and processes involved
- How is asset tokenisation being adopted globally and what trends are emerging
- What are the key regulatory considerations for implementing asset tokenisation
- What are the main use cases of AI in financial services
- What financial regulatory issues arise from the use of AI
- What other legal challenges, including data privacy concerns, should institutions consider when deploying AI
- How can financial institutions develop a robust AI governance framework

Who should attend

This eSeminar targets executives, MICs of licensed corporations, compliance officers, VA-related practitioners carrying out VA-related activities, asset managers, brokers and traders and sophisticated professional investors who may consider investing in virtual assets, as well as practitioners interested in the development, deployment and use of AI in the financial services space.