What does it take for one of the world’s largest asset managers to move tokenization from theory into practice?
At Paris Blockchain Week 2026, Jean-Jacques Barbéris, Deputy CEO of
@Amundi_ENG , sat down with Adrien Paredes-Vanheule to explore how tokenization is reshaping the asset management industry.
Barbéris framed the shift through a longer lens, drawing a line from the 1980s dematerialization of paper securities to today’s move on-chain. His message was one of measured conviction: the industry has cleared real milestones, but the work ahead lies in building the infrastructure and trust to scale tokenization across institutional finance.
This is the conversation that took place at Paris Blockchain Week 2026. And it is the conversation that Signal Week 2027 will take further.