Tokenisation – Future of Finance

What do stock exchanges need to survive the tokenisation of everything?

Webinar: 26th June 2024 at 2pm UK time Register Here What is the webinar about? The story of stock exchanges over the last 50 years is one of trading, data and technology. These three factors are shaping the next 50 years already, but in ways that are far from familiar. Back in 1971, when NasdaqContinue reading “What do stock exchanges need to survive the tokenisation of everything?”

How to make the digital asset markets grow – Are the commercial opportunities in digital assets compelling enough to overcome the fear of disruption?

[MAR 2024] Are the commercial opportunities in digital assets compelling enough to overcome the fear of disruption? Key Insights from this interview Tokenised assets markets, though rich in the promise of cost savings and higher returns on investment, remain disappointingly small. However, the obstacles to the scaling of the digital asset markets are increasingly well-understood,Continue reading “How to make the digital asset markets grow – Are the commercial opportunities in digital assets compelling enough to overcome the fear of disruption?”

Having built the tools for institutions to embrace tokenisation, Digital Asset is now building the network to make it happen

[APR 2024] Key Insights from this interview In October this year, Digital Asset will celebrate the tenth anniversary of its foundation. Under the flamboyant leadership of Blythe Masters, who was CEO from 2015 to 2018, no start-up did more to promote the potential impact of blockchain technology on the capital markets. Over the five yearsContinue reading “Having built the tools for institutions to embrace tokenisation, Digital Asset is now building the network to make it happen”

How to make the digital asset markets grow – How can blockchain-based token networks achieve full inter-operability?

[MAR 2024] How can blockchain-based token networks achieve full inter-operability? Key Insights from this interview Tokenised assets markets, though rich in the promise of cost savings and higher returns on investment, remain disappointingly small. However, the obstacles to the scaling of the digital asset markets are increasingly well-understood, and gradually being cleared. Legacy laws andContinue reading “How to make the digital asset markets grow – How can blockchain-based token networks achieve full inter-operability?”

How to make the digital asset markets grow – What can be done now to overcome the absence of digital money on blockchain networks?

[MAR 2024] What can be done now to overcome the absence of digital money on blockchain networks? Key Insights from this interview Tokenised assets markets, though rich in the promise of cost savings and higher returns on investment, remain disappointingly small. However, the obstacles to the scaling of the digital asset markets are increasingly well-understood,Continue reading “How to make the digital asset markets grow – What can be done now to overcome the absence of digital money on blockchain networks?”

How to make the digital asset markets grow – What can governments do to encourage the growth of digital asset markets?

[MAR 2024] What can governments do to encourage the growth of digital asset markets? Key Insights from this interview Tokenised assets markets, though rich in the promise of cost savings and higher returns on investment, remain disappointingly small. However, the obstacles to the scaling of the digital asset markets are increasingly well-understood, and gradually beingContinue reading “How to make the digital asset markets grow – What can governments do to encourage the growth of digital asset markets?”

Tokenbridge believes the funds industry will tokenise from the periphery not the centre

[MAR 2024] Key Insights from this interview Tokenbridge is a software company which has embraced a tokenised future for the mutual funds industry. Its founders, all of which have long experience of the traditional funds industry, believe tokenisation can make funds cheaper to issue and service but – unlike most blockchain-based start-ups in the industryContinue reading “Tokenbridge believes the funds industry will tokenise from the periphery not the centre “

A European blockchain-based funds marketplace that is delivering on its promises

[MAR 2024] Key Insights from this interview IZNES is a marketplace that enables issuers of funds (asset managers) and institutional investors in funds (such as insurance companies and fund distributors) to sell and buy and service funds in tokenised form on a Cloud-based private, permissioned blockchain. To avoid the build-it-and-they-will-come fallacy, IZNES has solidified itsContinue reading “A European blockchain-based funds marketplace that is delivering on its promises”

Are the CSDs of Europe putting a brake on the growth of European economies?

[FEB 2024] Key Insights from this webinar A single European capital market – a Capital Markets Union (CMU) – could provide European business with a lower cost of capital through deeper liquidity, a greater variety of instruments, a reduced reliance on debt rather than equity finance and readier access to venture capital funds to supportContinue reading “Are the CSDs of Europe putting a brake on the growth of European economies?”

The future of European market infrastructure is in the hands of the market infrastructures themselves

CSD Webinar 22 February 2024 Poll Article: Dominic Hobson, Co-Founder and Editorial Director at Future of Finance A careful reading of the poll of registrants for the webinar hosted by Future of Finance on 22 February 2024 finds a strong appetite for further rationalisation of European financial market infrastructures as part of a programme to buildContinue reading “The future of European market infrastructure is in the hands of the market infrastructures themselves”