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A Future of Finance webinar on March 2nd at 2pm UK time with Asian CSDs What is the event about? Future of Finance is hosting an invitation-only event to explore whether central securities depositories (CSDs) in the Asia Pacific region need to invest now or invest later or not invest at all in the tokenisationContinue reading “Is it safe for CSDs to go back to sleep on tokenisation?”
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The status quo in cross-border payments looks to be on the verge of collapse
A Future of Finance Webinar 15 February at 2pm UK time There is widespread agreement that cross-border payments are too expensive, too slow, too closed, too opaque and too risky. For once, a combination of pressures – political, regulatory, risk-based, technological, entrepreneurial and geopolitical – make it more rather than less likely that the incumbentsContinue reading “The status quo in cross-border payments looks to be on the verge of collapse”
Stablecoins will be regulated: What are the implications for the markets?
A Future of Finance Webinar on January 26th 2023 at 2pm UK time Over the last three years an international consensus has emerged on how to regulate a novel financial instrument first invented to put cash on to blockchain-based networks: the Stablecoin. Bringing certain types of Stablecoin within the scope of regulation does protect theContinue reading “Stablecoins will be regulated: What are the implications for the markets?”
What cryptocurrency “prime brokerage” might and might not mean for digital asset markets
A Future of Finance Webinar on 9 February 2023 at 2pm UK time Prime brokerage is a well-established and well-understood discipline in both the foreign exchange (FX) and the securities markets, in which buy- and sell-side traders use the reputation and balance sheet of an investment bank to trade with multiple counterparties, often on aContinue reading “What cryptocurrency “prime brokerage” might and might not mean for digital asset markets”
Is tokenisation of privately managed assets a dynamo, a diversion or a dead-end?
A Future of Finance Webinar on January 19th 2023 at 2pm UK time Privately managed assets have become the default choice for tokenisation enthusiasts. The reasoning behind their choice is hard to fault. The advertised benefits of tokenisation apply a fortiori to the asset class. Privately managed assets – especially hedge funds and real estate,Continue reading “Is tokenisation of privately managed assets a dynamo, a diversion or a dead-end?”
The changeable burden that regulation is about to lay on digital asset custodians (8th December 2022)
A Future of Finance Webinar on December 8th at 2pm to 3pm UK time. Safe custody is the service that will unlock corporate issuance and institutional investing in the securities, asset-backed, non-fungible and fund token markets. While there is widespread recognition that regulation of digital asset custodians would accelerate progress, regulators around the world haveContinue reading “The changeable burden that regulation is about to lay on digital asset custodians (8th December 2022)”
Fund tokenisation is coming soon to a jurisdiction near you (30th November 2022)
A Future of Finance webinar on November 30th from 2pm to 3pm UK time. With Asset Managers, Custody Banks, Fund Administrator, Securities Infrastructure Companies and Technology Companies. Tokenised funds exist already in the United States and Singapore. Asset managers are not only issuing tokenised funds but backing projects whose ambition is to facilitate the large-scaleContinue reading “Fund tokenisation is coming soon to a jurisdiction near you (30th November 2022)”
How long must we wait for the flagship security token issuers? (24th November 2022)
A Future of Finance In Person Event on November 24th [from 4:30pm to 7pm] in London. Security tokens are potentially the single most important use-case for blockchain technology. They could transform the costs of issuance and asset-servicing, reach buyers and sellers excluded from the conventional equity, bond, real estate and alternatives markets, and broaden theContinue reading “How long must we wait for the flagship security token issuers? (24th November 2022)”
The fastest and cheapest way to be operationally resilient is to change the operating model (17th November 2022)
A Future of Finance webinar on November 17th [from 2pm to 3pm UK time]. The global Pandemic tested established operational resilience procedures in unexpected ways. It made redundant some conventional solutions, accelerated the digitisation and digitalisation that regulators were already fretting about, and prompted a concerted push by regulators around the world for financial institutionsContinue reading “The fastest and cheapest way to be operationally resilient is to change the operating model (17th November 2022)”
Do you believe CSDs need to invest in tokenisation capabilities now? (17th October 2022)
What is the event about? Future of Finance is pleased to announce an invitation-only event to debate whether central securities depositories (CSDs) need to invest now or later to take account of the possibility that the securities markets they serve will be tokenised. The Motion to be debated is, “This House believes that CSDs needContinue reading “Do you believe CSDs need to invest in tokenisation capabilities now? (17th October 2022)”