Xchange Ep 6: Asian post-trade innovation – a different flavour of T+1 and digital transformation
09 March 2026

Xchange Ep 6: Asian post-trade innovation – a different flavour of T+1 and digital transformation

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Recording directly from Hong Kong, after a few weeks of meetings and engagements across the region, we debrief on the major talking points coming out of those conversations. What’s the business case for T+1 in Asia, or are there other digital priorities? And what could 24/5 in the US mean for the region? 

In episode 6 of our Xchange podcast, Barnaby Nelson (CEO), Jean-Remi Lopez (Senior Advisor for APAC) and Mark Brannigan (Head of Xchange product) talk through

    Why T+1: strategic significance in Asian markets, does it make sense now, what’s the business case?Regulatory challenges and market practices affecting settlement cyclesMore pressing, digital priorities: how digital assets and tokenisation are addressing existing post-trade bottlenecks24/5: what could it mean for the region if implemented in the US? 

Keywords: tokenization, tokenisation, T+1, settlement cycles, post-trade, DLT, digital assets, 24/5, digital assets, modernisation