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Custody risk: the operational questions institutions ask first
Control, segregation and recovery procedures sit ahead of the return discussion.
Custody is an operating system for ownership. Institutional diligence asks who controls keys, how client assets are segregated, how access is approved and what recovery looks like when normal procedures fail.
Control checklist
- Key-management design and approval thresholds
- Legal segregation of client assets
- Independent reconciliation and audit trail
- Incident response and recovery testing
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