Kate Lowe

Kate Lowe

Deputy EUI Deputy CBO and Head of Data & ESG Product, Euroclear

Bio

Kate Lowe is the Deputy Chief Business Officer for Euroclear UK and International and Head of Data and ESG for Euroclear. She is responsible for driving the strategy of the business to position EUI to best serve UK Capital Markets as an FMI in the future. In her Head of Data role, she drives cross-functional alignment and market expansion across Euroclear's global footprint and champions Euroclear's data and ESG agenda - embedding sustainability into product strategy. Prior to joining Euroclear, she spent six years at State Street, most recently running the award-winning GlobalLink FX as CEO of State Street Global Markets International Limited and CEO of FXConnect LLC. She has over 20 years of experience in Finance and held numerous leadership roles at Standard Chartered Bank, BNP Paribas, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley within the Prime Services & Clearing, Fixed Income and Equities businesses. Kate joined EUI in February 2025 and as a Product Innovator, her focus is to work with clients and the market to build solutions that put the UK ecosystem at the forefront of the Capital Markets industry. Born and raised in South Africa, she qualified as a Barrister with the Durban Bar prior to immigrating to the United Kingdom in 1998.

Talks

Tokenized U.S. Treasuries, Digital Gilts and Beyond: The Next-Generation Financial Infrastructure

Panel
Tuesday, March 31st 2026
16:55 - 17:35
tholos
Description

The shift toward tokenized securities is moving from experimental pilot programs to the fundamental redesign of global financial plumbing. Featuring leadership from Broadridge, Tradeweb, and Euroclear, this panel explores whether the true value of tokenization lies in digital-native issuance or the radical capital efficiency gained through secondary market flexibility. As settlement moves from days to minutes, the session deconstructs how Tier-1 banks can fundamentally lower capital buffer requirements and navigate the challenges of 24/7 trading in a T+0 world. Beyond speed, the discussion tackles the critical risks of systemic fragmentation. Experts will address the threat of liquidity silos across private ledgers and how DLT-based systems might have provided superior visibility during historic volatility. A core focus remains the institutional privacy mandate: can shared ledgers ever satisfy the strict data obfuscation requirements of major trading desks?. As automated, smart-contract-driven bond lifecycles become reality, the roles of traditional intermediaries, trading venues, and central securities depositories must evolve. This session provides a definitive look at the next 24 to 36 months, answering the industry’s most pressing question: will the distinction between traditional and digital infrastructure vanish as tokenized US Treasuries and Gilts become the standard plumbing for global finance?