Diginex chief on taming the Wild East of cryptocurrencies

Asia Risk 25: Singapore-based digital exchange wants to bring respectability – and regulation – to the sector

This is part of a series of articles marking Asia Risk’s 25th anniversary

The chief operating officer of a large global asset manager shakes his head when asked if the firm has any exposure to bitcoin, which is up nearly 175% versus the US dollar year-to-date.

“We are prepared to allocate client money to new assets where we can properly model them, or where a third party offers some assurance that we’ll get the money back,” the COO explains in a recent interview with Risk.net.

Diginex, a