Project Acacia and Tokenized Markets with Justin Chapman and Paul Abraham
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As tokenized assets move into real-world testing, institutional investors need to understand how they could affect existing payment systems, settlement processes, risk controls, and operating models.
What can real-world testing teach financial institutions about the next stage of digital markets?
In this episode, Paul Fahey speaks with Justin Chapman, Group Head of Strategic Partnerships, Digital Assets and Financial Markets at Northern Trust, and Paul Abraham, Chief of Investment Services at Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation, about Project Acacia. They cover a live use case connecting a tokenized carbon credit with traditional cash settlement, what institutional investors are learning about tokenized assets and digital cash, and why hybrid infrastructure may remain part of financial markets as adoption develops.
Key points:
- How Project Acacia tested tokenized assets alongside traditional payment infrastructure and settlement processes
- Why institutional investors are studying tokenization before broader adoption reaches their operating models
- How digital cash, tokenized equities, and different settlement models may develop across jurisdictions
- Where tokenization may improve liquidity, collateral use, operational efficiency, and risk visibility
- Why trust, liquidity, security, and regulatory clarity remain central to wider institutional participation
- And more!
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Paul Abraham is Chief of Investment Services at Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC), which provides superannuation products and services to Australian Government and Australian Defense Force employees. He joined CSC in 2005 and brings more than 30 years of financial services experience, with previous roles spanning chartered accountancy, asset management, and financial planning across Australia, London, Tokyo, and Singapore. Paul is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and holds a Master of Financial Management from Australian National University and a Bachelor of Business (Accountancy) from Charles Sturt University.