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How are asset owners transforming their operating models today and what is driving that change?

Accompanying the release of our industry-wide research paper (available here), this episode is the first in a mini-series of expert discussions that looks into the change journey that asset owners are charting today.  With Marian Azer (Milestone Group), Ryan Silva (RBC), Christine Knott and Dave Higgins (Citisoft) we explore the journey beyond spreadsheets - when is enough enough for asset owners and what are the risks in moving away from tried-and-tested macros.

LegacyTech stands on the critical path to every major area of transformation in the capital markets. From digital assets to ESG; from T+1 to CSDR, a firm's ability to manage its legacy technology agenda is a direct driver to both growth and survival.

In this #vxInsight episode, we're excited to be discussing the Key Findings from our 'Transforming LegacyTech' research campaign with Richard Wilson (from IHSMarkit) and Tracy Moors (from Digital Asset). 

You can download these key findings at https://thevx.io/campaign/transforming-legacy-tech/ or contact us at [email protected] if you'd like to talk through these findings further.

In this, second episode of our DLT in the Real World series (run in partnership with ISSA), Mathias Studach explains how the SDX is expanding the boundaries of what is possible in the complicated world of regulated securities markets - from bond issuance to CBDC experiments.

How is DLT changing the way that we work today? 

Welcome to the first episode in our latest series of "DLT in the Real World" - run in partnership with ISSA, with the aim of helping you to make sense of exactly where, why and how DLT is making a difference to the way we work today.

In this first episode, Jennifer Peve joins us from the DTCC - to explain how their DSM project is transforming the way that the private markets function and how it puts private and listed markets on a path of convergence.

Australian corporate actions are complicated and, like many markets around the world, in need of more automation. 

In the context of our ongoing "Australian Corporate Actions in A Global Context" survey, it's fascinating to be able to dig deep into the topic with Tim Hogben and Jamie Crank from the ASX. Their expert insights and experience give huge optimism about the pace of change in this space - with a clear change path for each of us.

How our the hidden costs of FX distorting our investment performance today? Do we really know? What can we be doing to improve our visibility of this key space?

This was a fascinating conversation - chaired by Colin Lambert of the FullFX and including insights from our core project partners at National Australia Bank, Lumint, New Change FX and HD Financial Consulting. 

If you want to know how mastering FX can drive your own fund performance then make sure you listen - and download the results of our research at https://thevx.io/campaign/grey-costs-of-fx/

A year is a long time in DLT - so what have we learned about deploying DLT in our world in 2021? 

12-months on from our initial "DLT in the Real World" survey with ISSA, we gather the same specialists (Colin Parry of ISSA; Urs Sauer of SIX; and Glen Fernandes of Euroclear) to discuss the practicalities of DLT usage today.

With 56% of our costs of a corporate action made up by data sourcing alone, what can be done to reduce the cost and risks that we carry every day.

In this #vxInsight episode, George Harris (FIS), John Lee (Accenture), Patrick Barthel (DTCC), Alan Chuen (HKEX) and Steve Ridley (representing ISSA) share their reactions to our latest "Corporate Actions 2021" research (available in powerpoint at thevalueexchange.co/corporateactions2021).

In September 2020, HSBC,  SGX and Temasek announced that they had completed a pilot digital bond issuance and distribution – replicating an SGD400m issuance for Olam International. 

Given the names involved, this was a powerful and extremely high profile example of DLT’s transformational power.  In this episode, Rajeev Tummala from HSBC talks us through the facts and figures of this huge step.

In 2018, Broadridge launched a new platform to simplify repo trading - leveraging the benefits of blockchain and smart contracts to overall collateral flows in a highly complex market.

In this episode, Horacio Barakat gives us the facts and figures behind this transformative project.