As global private markets continue to evolve, both individual investors and scaling companies face complex cross-border regulatory frameworks, foreign exchange dynamics, and novel asset structures. At Republic Europe, we believe great companies should be able to raise capital from anywhere, and investors deserve direct access to those high-growth opportunities, regardless of borders.
To help you back global opportunities with confidence, we have launched From Local To Global: The Borderless Investing Series, a comprehensive 4-part educational webinar series in partnership with industry leaders across the US, UK, and EU, namely: Shoosmiths, State Street, INX, and Hamilton Lane. This series is specifically designed to demystify cross-border capital flows, providing actionable insights into international securities regulations, portfolio risk management, digital private market liquidity, and jurisdictional comparisons across the UK, EU, and US. Whether you are looking to scale your business internationally or build a resilient, globally diversified portfolio, this series equips you to navigate international opportunities with confidence.
Webinar Recap: Who Can Invest Where? Understanding Cross-Border Access and Regulation
Hosted by Republic Europe, our inaugural session featured Suhaylah, Head of Portfolio and Investment Legal at Republic Europe, alongside Geoff Dragon, Partner in Emerging Companies and VC team at Shoosmiths. Together, they demystified the regulatory mechanics, investor classifications, and legal considerations that govern cross-border capital flows.
Key Topics Covered
- E-Commerce vs Regulated Securities: Learn why seeing a deal online does not automatically equate to eligibility, and how regulatory positions dictate cross-border participation.
- Decoding Investor Classifications: A comprehensive tour through Retail, Sophisticated, Professional, and High Net Worth categories, detailing why these classifications dictate required risk disclosures and access levels.
- Founder Readiness for International Capital: Essential preparation steps, from securing IP ownership and building due diligence repositories to managing evolving sanctions lists, national security laws (NSIA), and regional execution requirements.
- Streamlining Compliance: How regulated platforms and nominee structures eliminate ongoing KYC burdens and simplify cap table administration for scaling startups.
- Private Market Liquidity and Tokenisation: A practical outlook on tokenised assets, tokenomics, and alternative secondary liquidity mechanisms.
Webinar Recap: Building a Borderless Portfolio: Diversification, Currency and Risk (With State Street)
Our second session featured Shane Bujold, Finance Manager at Republic Europe, in conversation with Yusuf Nurbhai, Senior Vice President and Head of Markets UK at State Street. Together, they explored the institutional mechanics of cross-border diversification, foreign exchange execution, and operational risk management.
Key Topics Covered
- Automating FX Execution: How institutional investors balance rules-based automated FX execution for routine transactions with expert manual intervention during periods of market volatility.
- Intentional Risk Hedging: Examining how diverging central bank interest rate policies alter hedging economics, and why managing FX exposure should align directly with asset return goals.
- T+1 Settlement Lessons: Practical operational takeaways from North America’s transition to accelerated T+1 settlement cycles, highlighting workflow automation and early instruction validation.
- Uncovering All-In Transaction Costs: Identifying implicit execution costs, including bid-ask spreads, liquidity timing, and post-trade processing fees that impact net portfolio yields.
- Tokenisation and Private Market Infrastructure: How integrated custodian technology unifies data across public and private assets to improve transparency while shifting operational risk types.
Webinar Recap: The Future of Private Market Access: Secondaries and Tokenisation Beyond Borders (With INX)
Our third session featured James Newman, CEO of Republic Europe, in conversation with Vlad Uchenik, CEO of INX. Together, they delivered a clear, practical breakdown of how digital infrastructure is transforming global private market access.
Key Topics Covered
- Secondary Liquidity via Tokenisation: How tokenisation enables functional secondary trading mechanisms for private assets, providing investors with alternative liquidity options prior to traditional exit events.
- Cross-Border Digital Securities: Navigating the mechanics of how digital securities trade across international borders while maintaining compliance with local jurisdictional rules.
- Blockchain Rails and Custody Architecture: A practical guide to the underlying blockchain infrastructure, tokenisation frameworks, and institutional-grade custody options for digital private market assets.
- Automated Regulatory Compliance: How digital securities embed KYC, AML, and accreditation rules directly into smart contracts to enforce compliance seamlessly across borders.
- Navigating Market and Operational Risk: Understanding the practical realities of liquidity, price discovery, counterparty considerations, and market risk in emerging digital private markets.
Private Markets Without Borders: How the US, UK and EU Compare (With Hamilton Lane)
Our final session featured Kieron O’Brien, Managing Director at Republic Europe, alongside Victor Jung, Managing Director & Head of Digital Assets at Hamilton Lane, and Matt Melbourne, Vice-President Sales & GTM at Republic. Together, they delivered a practical breakdown of how global private markets stack up across major international regions.
Key Topics Covered
- Regional Deal Structures and Regulation: A practical breakdown comparing how deal structures, regulatory environments, and compliance frameworks differ across the US, UK, and EU markets.
- Market Maturity and Cross-Border Access: Examining how varying levels of market maturity across regions impact overall deal flow, investor participation, and cross-border expansion opportunities.
- Valuation Norms and Pricing Disparities: Understanding regional differences in valuation benchmarks, international access points, and market pricing methodologies.
- Navigating Macroeconomic Risks: Identifying key macroeconomic risks, regulatory nuances, and regional market trends that influence international private market investments.