Conference Day Session Themes
Risk, Governance, Compliance and Custody
Tuesday, 10th March 2026 | Crown, Sydney
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Risk Day: From Reform to Reality
Australia is entering a dense phase of regulatory implementation across digital asset markets, custody, payments, AML reform and consumer protection. Reforms are landing in parallel, creating sequencing risk and supervisory pressure. Outcomes will be shaped by implementation design, transition settings and early supervisory discretion.
Strategic focus
- Translating legislative reform into supervisory practice
- Sequencing risk across digital asset, payments and AML reforms
- Transition settings, grandfathering and market continuity
- Regulatory discretion in early implementation
- Lessons from jurisdictions with live frameworks
- Why implementation design determines market outcomes
Markets Licensing and the Shape of Digital Asset Markets
Licensing choices shape structure, incentives and institutional confidence in always on markets.
- Market integrity and surveillance expectations
- Conflicts of interest and vertical integration
- Legacy licensing fit for purpose
- Clarity for institutional participation
Custody, Control and Liability
Custody is the trust anchor, where ownership, control and liability diverge across arrangements.
- Segregation, insolvency protection and client assets
- Resolution planning and failure scenarios
- Third-party dependency and concentration risk
- Control frameworks and accountability
Compliance as Market Structure
AML, sanctions and reporting obligations determine access, burden and cross-border models.
- Access controls and gatekeeper obligations
- Onboarding, monitoring and segmentation
- Proportionality and cumulative compliance burden
- Cross-border friction and de-risking
Scams, Consumer Harm and Ecosystem Obligations
Responsibility is shifting from disclosure to prevention across banks, platforms and intermediaries.
- Payments controls and transaction monitoring
- Identity, fraud detection and dispute resolution
- Ecosystem accountability
- Consumer outcome based supervision
Operational Resilience and Critical Dependencies
Resilience expectations treat dependency risk and continuity as market integrity issues.
- Concentration and dependency risks
- Outsourcing governance and vendor resilience
- Incident readiness and stress scenarios
- Continuity under always on conditions
Supervisory Posture, Enforcement Signals and Credibility
Signals, guidance and enforcement posture shape behaviour well ahead of final rules.
- Supervisory signalling and market behaviour
- Guidance versus enforcement as policy tools
- Cross agency consistency
- Credibility as a stabiliser
Automation, AI and Supervisory Control
Model driven decisions shape access and interventions, raising auditability and control risks.
- Explainability, auditability and oversight
- Automation as access and intervention infrastructure
- Correlated model failures and feedback loops
- Human control in automated systems
Global Reporting and Information Sharing
Travel Rule and CARF deployment pressures across interoperability, privacy and transition settings.
- Interoperability and data standards
- Privacy, liability and data governance
- Self-hosted and peer-to-peer friction
- Cumulative burden and sequencing risk
Featured Risk Day speakers
Venue information
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Important details
- Check in: Details provided on confirmation
- Recommended arrival: Please plan to be present for the full day programme
- Dress code: Business attire
- Accessibility: Please contact us in advance if you require specific accommodations
- Parking and transport: Details provided on confirmation
- Catering: Dietary requirements confirmed via registration
