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In this article, Wealth Wizards’ Simon Binney discusses the merits of self-serve and hybrid advice and how it could increase adviser revenues by 225%. The next few years will see exponential use of self-serve and hybrid advice as the financial services industry takes advantage of developments in technology and consumers feel increasingly comfortable using digitalContinue reading “The merits of self-serve and hybrid advice and how it could increase adviser revenues by 225%.”
Tag Archives: February
SDX explains the challenges of pioneering a regulated digital bond issue
Six Digital Exchange explains the challenges of pioneering a regulated digital bond issue In November 2021, the SIX Group issued a CHF 150 million bond onto its own exchange and into its own central securities depository (CSD). Nothing remarkable about that, you might think. Except that the securities became the first digital bond to beContinue reading “SDX explains the challenges of pioneering a regulated digital bond issue”
Security token markets need issuers and traders even more than investors
A summary of the webinar of 20 January 2022 entitled Security token markets need issuers and traders even more than investors. Security token markets exist but are not yet thriving. Their advantages for both issuers (lower costs of capital and capital servicing plus greater flexibility in the instruments that can be issued) and investors (accessContinue reading “Security token markets need issuers and traders even more than investors”
Is Hybrid Advice Right for Your Firm?
Are you considering a hybrid advice model for your business? Wealth Wizards’ Simon Binney provides a valuable insight into how advisers and wealth managers are using digital-first and automation platforms to grow and future-proof their firms. What is hybrid advice? In a nutshell, the hybrid advice model helps firms automate processes and digitise the adviceContinue reading “Is Hybrid Advice Right for Your Firm?”
The future of post-trade financial market infrastructures is visible now
The future of post-trade financial market infrastructures is visible now Post-trade was an early target of the blockchain revolution. Yet progress has proved to be arduous, with legacy technologies, regulatory uncertainty and the protectionism of incumbents making it hard for even successful proofs of concept and pilots to grow into scalable innovations. Signs are nowContinue reading “The future of post-trade financial market infrastructures is visible now”
The token exchange that wants to move fast and build things, not break them
The token exchange that wants to move fast and build things, not break them Fusang – A fully regulated digital exchange for securities tokens Fusang is Asia’s first fully licensed and regulated digital financial ecosystem for security tokens and assets. Licensed in two jurisdictions (Hong Kong and Labuan, Malaysia), Fusang operates a fully licensed andContinue reading “The token exchange that wants to move fast and build things, not break them”
Singapore-based ADDX security token exchange is off to a flying start
Singapore-based ADDX security token exchange is off to a flying start The ingredients of a successful security token exchange are now clear. It must be regulated, focused on asset classes that will benefit from greater liquidity and secondary market trading, and be backed by strong, committed and widely recognised shareholders that are willing to engageContinue reading “Singapore-based ADDX security token exchange is off to a flying start”
The difficult art of planning for the future at a CSD
The difficult art of planning for the future at a CSD Central securities depositories (CSDs) have always led an unglamorous existence. They are overshadowed by trading and investment activities, even when the post-trade revenues they generate are more reliable or more profitable or even just larger. The rise of the digital asset has not improvedContinue reading “The difficult art of planning for the future at a CSD”
A blockchain protocol fit for the age of CBDCs, the Internet of Things and the Metaverse
A blockchain protocol fit for the age of CBDCs, the Internet of Things and the Metaverse A protocol which combines high speed and scalability with the highest standards of security and privacy is what is required to make blockchain both mainstream and universal. The designers of the Meta MUI Blockchain set out to meet theseContinue reading “A blockchain protocol fit for the age of CBDCs, the Internet of Things and the Metaverse”
It is time to stop wasting money on a failed and broken approach to defeating financial crime (24 February 2022)
A Future of Finance Webinar with financial service professionals, technology companies, regulators and policy makers Thursday February 24 at 2pm UK time The costs of financial crime are staggeringly high. The financial crime compliance officers that responded to a LexisNexis Risk Solutions survey of financial institutions in 26 markets around the world said they spentContinue reading “It is time to stop wasting money on a failed and broken approach to defeating financial crime (24 February 2022)”