Every industry is feeling the effects of the information revolution, but capital markets are a bit different. A perfect storm of stagnating revenues, increased competition and weak financial returns - a combination we’re calling ‘compressive disruption’- is forcing capital market firms to evolve and reinvent in their own way. Between now and 2022, the capital markets industry will be shaped by automation. Change is neither cheap nor easy, but firms could begin to align their organizations.
Technology serves as a key driver of value migration in the capital markets industry. While speed, informational advantage, efficient customer flow, and effective use of proprietary capital have always been essential aspects of a profitable market-making business, the way these elements are implemented is changing dramatically.
Blockchain Will Make Capital Markets More efficient
One of the most hyped technologies today, Blockchain is estimated to be the platform that is going to store 10 percent of global GDP by 2027. Blockchain, or distributed ledger technology, will also become more critical for capital markets firms. Blockchain can create the smart contracts enabled with the encryption for transactions, [creating] distributed records. This will help in using real-time transparent data and create efficient settlement and transaction processing.
Distributed ledger technology, or DLT, can be used for issuing and transferring securities and could eliminate the need for intermediaries that provide settlement and depository functions DLT can be logical, efficient alternative to allow seamless and secure data transmission throughout the capital markets ecosystem. Blockchain can bring significant efficiency to current post-trade processes and can potentially shorten the settlement cycle.
This story is from the December 2019 edition of Consultants Review.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 8,500+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Sign In
This story is from the December 2019 edition of Consultants Review.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 8,500+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
The Future Awaits Enormous Opportunities
Having joined Insight Ventures in 2002, Deven manages investments in e-Commerce, consumer internet, data, and application software businesses on a global basis.
How Project Management Can Be An Important Contributor To The Rise Of A New India
Raj Kalady is responsible for advancing the project management profession & PMI in India. With over 30 years of national & global experience in sales, channel development, and marketing in IT and education, Raj brings with him a keen sense of business acumen.
PMP KNOWLEDGE AREAS: “WHEELS OF BUSINESS'S CHARIOT”
Thanekar has a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry
Turian Labs: Perfecting Design Thinking to Strategic Foresights
‘Empathy is the new strategy’- the mnemonic has been doing the rounds. Empathy is the hallmark of a new method that walked into the strategy domain in the last decade, popularised by the term ‘Design Thinking.’ Design Thinking came in to fill the void created by over-dependence upon data and systems in the industrialized society. Bringing a shift in perspective for defining the ‘real’ problem by zooming in on ‘people’ or ‘stakeholders’ instead of the data alone. One pioneering business organization that was established with this mindset engraved into its soul is Turian Labs. The name, Turian, is derived from the Sanskrit ‘Turiya’, which is the ‘fourth state of consciousness’ as mentioned in Indian philosophy. Turian Labs believes that the world needs holistic thinking today more than ever as knowledge fields are rather too dithered and hence businesses tend to be myopic on several counts.
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FIRMS BECOMING VITAL PART OF REAL ESTATE
Owing to his experience and knowledge regarding real estate, Samkit assists Bullmen Realty to amalgamate clients with their dream homes and office spaces.
THE NEW EDGE FOR TELCOS, HYPERSCALERS, AND GOVERNMENTS IN 2021
Digvijay is a sales leader with proven track record of creating new accounts and growing them in one of the most competitive markets in the world.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT & ITS APPROACHES
Rajiv has significant expertise in IT strategy & road mapping, target operating models involving IT shared services & outsourcing, and program management of large IT enablement programs.
InvokHR Solutions: Striving to be a Standard-Bearer in the Indian HR Consultancy Space
While HR consulting is a crowded space and it gets difficult to stand out, one company that has started creating a mark with its contemporary approach towards providing HR services across the entire gamut of value-chain is InvokHR Solutions.
NAVIGATING THE DIGITAL DISRUPTION – THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT WAY
Palash has extensive and rich experience of handling Big Platform & Product delivery for mission-critical Enterprise, Network Management & Optical Networks solution.
MUVS Consulting
CHANGING WITH THE INDUSTRY SCENARIOS, MUVS CONSULTING AIMS TO STRIVE FOR CONSISTENT IMPROVEMENT THROUGH JOINT VENTURES AND DIGITAL MARKETING
