Two decades of financial policy leadership, from the U.S. Senate to the Bank of England to the world’s largest capital markets trade association, now focused on shaping the regulatory foundation for onchain capital markets.

NEW YORK, Aug. 28, 2026 Ondo Finance today announced the appointment of Allison Parent as Chief Policy Officer. Parent has spent her career at the intersection of financial markets and global policy, advising governments, market regulators, central bankers, as well as global financial institutions on some of the most consequential regulatory frameworks of the past two decades.

Parent joins from the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA), where she served as Executive Director since 2017, representing the world’s largest financial and capital markets firms on cross-border regulatory and market structure issues. Before GFMA, she was Head of Global Policy and Strategy at Barclays in London. She previously served as Senior Policy Advisor and Counsel for Markets at the Bank of England, and as Director for Government Policy and Finance with Barclays in Washington, DC. Earlier in her career, Parent was General Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget, where she advised on key financial services legislation, including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (aka TARP).

Allison has also served on a number of public sector advisory roles, including as member of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) Advisory Forum on Format for Cyber Incident Reporting, the Associate Members Consultative Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), and the Digital Markets Subcommittee of the Global Markets Advisory Committee at the U.S. Commodity Futures and Trading Commission (CFTC). 

Ondo has spent years building the tokenization infrastructure for onchain capital markets. We believe as markets modernize the institutions and the jurisdictions that establish the necessary legal certainty, demonstrate market integrity in the underlying infrastructure, and transparency first will deliver the capital markets of the future. 

Parent’s appointment reflects the next phase of our work: industry collaboration with  policymakers and regulators worldwide as tokenized assets move into the financial mainstream is integral to  establishing  clear, credible market standards  that institutional adoption requires on a cross-border basis.

“Throughout my career, I’ve seen how global alignment of regulatory outcomes  can unlock new distribution channels and accessibility rather than constrain it. Tokenization is the most significant advancement  in market infrastructure in a generation, and getting the regulatory foundation and necessary industry standards right will determine how quickly its benefits reach investors and institutions globally. Balanced regulatory policy involves weighing growth and innovation with market integrity, consumer protection, and overall financial stability. Ondo Finance has the infrastructure in place and I’m excited to support   unlocking the full potential of  onchain markets.” — Allison Parent, Chief Policy Officer, Ondo Finance

Parent’s invaluable experience in the regulatory, infrastructure and governance conditions that underpin trust in capital markets reflects our commitment to developing global industry standards that reward on-chain markets to provide new distribution channels for investors and clients globally.

The appointment follows rapid growth and regulatory progress for Ondo tokenized stocks, which have surpassed $1 billion in total value locked in under eight months. Ondo has secured authorization from the Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority, with passporting across the EU and EEA, seen its digital securities become the first admitted for trading under ADGM’s FSRA framework via Binance‘s Multilateral Trading Facility, and received FINRA authorizations through its SEC-registered broker-dealer subsidiary Oasis Pro Markets. Parent will lead Ondo’s policy and regulatory engagement as this footprint expands globally.

About Ondo Finance

Ondo Finance is a blockchain-based platform focused on tokenizing real-world assets and bringing institutional-quality financial products onchain. By bridging traditional finance and decentralized infrastructure, Ondo aims to make capital markets more accessible, transparent, and efficient.

[*] The tokenized assets referenced herein (i.e. (i) the tokenized stocks, tokenized ETFs and tokenized ADRs now known as Ondo Stocks, and formerly known as Ondo tokenized stocks and ETFs, or as Ondo Global Markets tokens, (collectively, the “Ondo Stocks”) and (ii) USDY tokens (collectively, the “Tokens”) have not been registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) or the securities or financial instrument laws of any other jurisdiction. The Tokens may not be offered or sold in the United States or to US persons unless registered under the Act or an exemption from the registration requirements thereof is available.  In certain jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom, Switzerland and (for certain Tokens) the European Economic Area (“EEA”), the Ondo Stocks and USDY tokens are offered and sold only to qualified investors or professional clients, as the case may be (or that jurisdiction’s analogue thereof). Other jurisdiction-based prohibitions and restrictions apply. The issuer of the Tokens is not registered as an investment company under the US Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or as an Alternative Investment Fund or Undertaking for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities in the EEA, or under the securities or financial instrument laws of any other jurisdiction.

Ondo Stocks provide their holders with economic exposure to the value of their underlying assets, including the value of dividends (less applicable tax withholdings). However, Ondo Stocks are not themselves stocks, ETFs or ADRs and the Ondo Stocks do not provide their holders with rights to hold or receive their respective underlying assets. Similarly, USDY tokens provide their holders with economic exposure to short-term US treasuries, but USDY tokens are not themselves US treasuries and do not provide their holders with rights to hold or receive any US treasuries.

In the EEA/EU, certain Tokens are offered to both Professional and Retail Investors. A base prospectus relating to the Tokens has been approved by the Financial Market Authority Liechtenstein (FMA) and notified, at the issuer’s request, to certain EEA Member States (the “Relevant EEA States”). The prospectus is published at app.ondo.finance at each applicable Token‘s webpage. The approval of the prospectus should not be understood as an endorsement of the Tokens. Investors residing in the EU/EEA should read the prospectus, and the relevant final terms and KID for each applicable Token, before investing in order to fully understand the potential risks and rewards associated with the decision to invest. This notice is a marketing communication and does not constitute a prospectus.

Certain Ondo Stocks (referred to in the UAE as “Digital Securities”) have been admitted to trading on Nest Exchange Limited, a Multilateral Trading Facility for Digital Assets operated by Binance in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (“ADGM”), authorised by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (the “FSRA”). Such Digital Securities are available for trading by those investors eligible for a Binance account. The ADGM FSRA has no responsibility for reviewing or verifying any documents in connection with the admission to trading of such Digital Securities in the ADGM. The FSRA has not approved the documents in connection with the admission to trading nor taken steps to verify the information set out in it and has no responsibility for it. No offer of securities is being made in ADGM. Prospective purchasers of such Digital Securities admitted to trading should conduct their own due diligence on such Digital Securities.

In the United Kingdom, the communications herein may be deemed a financial promotion pursuant to Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. To the extent that any such finding is made, the communications herein are only intended for, and directed at, investment professionals as defined in article 19 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotions) Order 2005 (the “FPO”) who have experience of interacting with the Ondo Stocks and USDY tokens; high net worth companies as defined in article 49 of the FPO, and/or any other persons to whom lawful communication is permitted. Any person not falling within these categories is not permitted to act upon anything within the communications herein, and shall not be entitled to rely upon their contents. Ondo Global Markets (BVI) Limited will not enter into arrangements with such persons concerning Ondo Stocks and USDY tokens as a result of this or any other communication.

The Tokens are issued by Ondo Global Markets (BVI) Limited, a British Virgin Islands business company. OUSG tokens are issued by Ondo I LP, a Delaware (USA) limited partnership (the “Fund”). Ondo Finance Inc., a Delaware (USA) corporation, provides tokenization services to, and is an equity holder of, Ondo Global Markets (BVI) Limited.

The communications herein are only intended for eligible purchasers of, or for actual or potential business relationships or technical integrations with respect to the Tokens. Nothing herein constitutes any offer to sell, or any solicitation of an offer to buy, any Tokens. Nothing herein constitutes investment, legal, tax or financial advice. Acquiring the  Tokens involves risks. A holder of the Tokens may incur losses, including total loss of their purchase price. Past performance is not an indication of future results. Investors are responsible for conducting their own research, investigation, verification, checks or consultation for professional or investment advice.

The communications herein may contain forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements regarding future financial performance, business strategies, or expectations for the growth or development of Ondo Finance, Ondo Global Markets (BVI) Limited, or any of their respective affiliates (each, an “Applicable Entity”). These statements are based on management’s current expectations, estimates, projections, and beliefs, and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue,” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following: economic, competitive, legal, governmental, and technological factors affecting the operations, markets, products, services, or prices of any Applicable Entity. No Applicable Entity undertakes any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.

Additional terms and restrictions apply. See docs.ondo.finance/legal/terms-of-service, docs.ondo.finance/ondo-stocks, ondo.finance/stocks, app.ondo.finance and (as applicable) the Token offering documents for details.

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