Senior executives from Franklin Templeton, Northern Trust, Moody’s and S&P Global will attend KBW2026 with Upbit in Seoul from Sept. 29 to Oct. 1. Speakers include Franklin Templeton Senior Vice President Chetan Karkhanis, Northern Trust Senior Vice President Alvin Chia and Moody’s Executive Director Jin Fang, who will discuss asset tokenization and the on-chain transition in institutional finance. Representatives from New York Life Investment Management and SBI Securities will also participate, alongside figures from Coinbase, BitGo and Bitwise. The Upbit Institutional Summit, a private event for institutional investors, will take place on Sept. 29, followed by the main conference from Sept. 30 to Oct. 1. FactBlock CEO Park Wi-ik said financial-industry blockchain initiatives have progressed from proof-of-concept and feasibility testing to connecting products, custody and credit-rating information on-chain.