Jennifer Murphy

Founder + Chief Executive Officer Runa Digital Assets

Jennifer Murphy, CFA, is the Founder and CEO of Runa Digital Assets, LLC, an investment firm specializing in the management of digital asset portfolios. The Runa Digital Assets team brings deep experience with traditional valuation and risk frameworks and and applies these concepts to digital asset token research and portfolio construction.

Prior to founding Runa Digital Assets, Jennifer was Chief Operating Officer of Western Asset Management, LLC, Chief Administrative Officer of Legg Mason, Inc. (now part of Franklin Templeton), and President and CEO of Legg Mason Capital Management, the investment firm founded by iconic investor Bill Miller.

Jennifer has an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in Economics from Brown University. She is a Trustee of The Putnam Funds.

Day 1: Accelerating Adoption of Digital Assets by Traditional Financial Institutions

11:10 AM Panel: Tokenization & its Implications – A New Frontier in Your Digital Asset Future

Why move from existing infrastructure to blockchain rails? How will blockchain & tokenization impact traditional finance infrastructure and systems?
What assets can be tokenized? (Fixed income, deposits, interval funds, real-world, etc.)
What are the costs, skills and infrastructure requirements needed for buy-side and sell-side firms to begin blockchain and digital transformation projects? What are the benefits?
How can you best prepare your firm for the adoption of tokenization?
How will the tokenization ecosystem evolve?

12:00 PM Panel: ETFs, ETPs, and Beyond – Building Bridges for Institutional Investors

How are ETFs helping to normalize crypto assets and blockchain technology?
To what degree will ETFs draw additional assets into the industry? Which other assets lend themselves to the ETF wrapper?
Which other assets lend themselves to the ETF wrapper?
Should ETFs be classified as commodities or securities?
What are other pathways to generate liquidity?

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Jennifer.

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