Tokenisation – Page 2 – Future of Finance

If Europe needs a single European CSD, who will build it?

Webinar: Thursday 22 February 2pm UK time What is the event about? On 17 November 2023 Christine Lagarde, the President of the European Central Bank (ECB), told a conference of bankers that “a truly European capital market needs consolidated market infrastructures.”[1] European capital markets certainly lack them now. They are a quarter the size ofContinue reading “If Europe needs a single European CSD, who will build it?”

The benefits of replacing bogus tokenisation of securities and funds with the real thing

Webinar: 16 May 2024 at 2pm UK time Register Here What is the event about? The securities and the fund markets need to be digitally transformed. The profits of the asset and wealth management industries are being squeezed by shrinking fees and rising costs. Tokenisation of both funds and the underlying securities can, properly construed,Continue reading “The benefits of replacing bogus tokenisation of securities and funds with the real thing”

Whither digital asset custody?

[JAN 2024] Webinar: Wednesday January 24th at 2pm UK time What is the event about? The custodians, whose profession was once a byword for the least glamorous activity in the securities industry, will never enjoy the wealth and prestige of investment bankers, asset managers and private equity deal-makers. But independent custodians have earned from investors someContinue reading “Whither digital asset custody?”

Digital Asset Custody: Regulation Matters – Results and Charts

To read the Results and Charts, fill in your details below. *please fill in your name we will not be sharing our data but to ensure we keep you informed and invited to relevant papers and events incorrect data will not ensure you will be contacted correctly. For further information please contact Wendy Gallagher onContinue reading “Digital Asset Custody: Regulation Matters – Results and Charts”

European capital markets are inefficient, so why aren’t European CSDs doing more about it?

Article: Dominic Hobson, Co-Founder and Editorial Director at Future of Finance Europe suffers from a surfeit of capital market infrastructures and especially an excess of CSDs. The fragmentation makes the European capital markets smaller and less liquid than they need to be, with negative consequences for the price of capital and economic innovation and growth. DespiteContinue reading “European capital markets are inefficient, so why aren’t European CSDs doing more about it?”

The Swiss token exchange creating a market for small company shares

[DEC 2023] Key Insights from this interview Success in tokenising equity is unusual. Most issues of tokens are asset-backed versions of existing bonds or fund shares. So the fact that Zurich-based token platform Aktionariat has succeeded in attracting a variety of small company issuers is a considerable achievement. The goal of the firm is toContinue reading “The Swiss token exchange creating a market for small company shares”

Digital Asset Custody: Regulation Matters

To read the full paper, fill in your details below. *please fill in your name we will not be sharing our data but to ensure we keep you informed and invited to relevant papers and events incorrect data will not ensure you will be contacted correctly. Welcome to the second edition of the Digital AssetContinue reading “Digital Asset Custody: Regulation Matters”

Is the Future of Money Now Visible?

Key Insights From This Webinar The architecture of the future of money is becoming visible. While cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and stablecoins such as USDT continue to inhabit a separate universe (though one which causes occasional perturbations in traditional financial and money markets, as in 2022, when the collapse of algorithmic stablecoins and cryptocurrency lendersContinue reading “Is the Future of Money Now Visible? “

A Future of Finance Round Table. Interoperating token networks: What they are and how to get there. In partnership with R3

[NOV 2023] To read the full paper, fill in your details below. *please fill in your name we will not be sharing our data but to ensure we keep you informed and invited to relevant papers and events incorrect data will not ensure you will be contacted correctly. For further information please contact Wendy GallagherContinue reading “A Future of Finance Round Table. Interoperating token networks: What they are and how to get there. In partnership with R3”

Can the carbon credit markets institutionalise and tokenise at the same time?

Key Insights From This Webinar The voluntary carbon credit markets are seen as a market-based solution to climate change whose value lies in attracting investment into carbon-reducing technologies and projects. Early efforts to develop the market have led to allegations of greenwashing, inadequate monitoring of projects, re-sales of retired credits – unlike other financial assets,Continue reading “Can the carbon credit markets institutionalise and tokenise at the same time?”