Cutting edge innovation and experimentation in wealth & asset management is happening and Blockchain is the enabler. The potential is twofold: to fundamentally change wealth and asset management, both by replacing the infrastructure in the management of existing asset classes and as the backbone for new alternative assets.
We all acknowledge that digitalization is threatening traditional business models in finance and that it is unstoppable. Blockchain is powering up the second wave of disruption in Capital Markets which goes deeper and behind the scenes. These threats naturally, also present opportunities to wealth and asset managers.
We, The Wealth Mosaic and myself, embarked on a journey to provide wealth & asset managers with updates and insights on this trend which is live, evolving, and dynamic. We echo the views of thought leaders and various market players sharing evidence that Blockchain, has the potential to fundamentally change wealth and asset management, both by replacing the infrastructure in the management of existing asset classes and as the backbone for new alternative assets.
We started speaking to players and asking them `How Distributed ledger technology and Blockchain is currently reshaping wealth and asset management? Where is the industry today and how do they foresee things changing in the future?` Along with the products and services of the participants the inaugural report we have finalized, a thought leader from each company shares her/ his views on these questions.
Now is the time for the wealth and asset management industry to start preparing for the changes in business process and in investment products that are coming from the adoption of Blockchain technology. Surely, some of these will come later and some are already here. Regulation and mass scale adoption takes time. In the current environment, things happened slowly, gradually, but then Suddenly. So, keep learning, understanding the changes that are underway.
The report can be downloaded here. It includes, opinion pieces from ARK Investment Management, the manager of the first ETF that included Bitcoin in its holdings in 2015, and from MAMA, the Multichain Asset Managers Association, a trade association focused on the development of on-chain management.
We profile 10 solution providers from across the globe, with participants based in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the UAE. The companies are – Area2Invest, Chainalysis, Consensys, CrescoFin, DSENT, FiCAS, FundsDLT, Lykke, SEBA Bank, and Securrency.
As this is the first report on this topic it is by no means covering all the activity in the area as the space is evolving fast, with some subsectors maturing (e.g. custody), and other nascent ones emerging (e.g. DeFi – Decentralized Finance). Given the level of innovation in this area we plan to publish updates and/or sequels to this report on an on-going basis and will make this an annual WealthTech Views report for the sector.
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Dr. Efi Pylarinou is an ex-Wall Street professional who has become a thought leader and recognized global influencer in Finance.
Dr. Efi Pylarinou is the No.1 Global Woman Influencer in Finance & the Data conversation by Refinitiv 2019 & 2020. A seasoned Wall Street professional & a recognized technology thought leader on innovation topics in AI, Big Data, and Impact on the ecology and the economy.
Efi Pylarinou is a speaker, a moderator, and a creative content producer serving the needs of Big Tech companies, Financial services corporates, Accelerators, Growth Fintechs. As an influencer, she works in the intersection of business development, marketing, and PR and supports campaigns and earning media initiatives. She is also a consultant on incubating and launching industry specific projects that require multiple stakeholders. She is also involved in knowledge focused partnerships.
She is the cofounder and author of Daily Fintech. She has over 184,000+ followers on Linkedin and 10,500 on Twitter.
She is the author of Wiley Fixed income books with Frank Fabozzi and a contributing author of the the 2019 4IR AI Blockchain Fintech IOT book and the 2018 WealthTech book by Wiley.
