John has more than 20 years of experience in financial services. He is Managing Director, Global Head of Digital Assets Strategy at HSBC, responsible for the approach to CBDCs, stablecoins, cryptocurrencies and asset tokenisation. In this role, John is responsible for HSBC Orion, the propriety digital assets platform that financial institutions and corporations are able to use to issue digital bonds on blockchain. Prior to joining HBSC, John held various roles at ICE Futures Europe (previously the London International Financial Futures Exchange – LIFFE).
Technology is disrupting the asset management and asset servicing industries. The use of DLT and blockchain, the tokenisation of assets, the need for effective data management solutions as well as the roll-out of AI are creating a lot of challenges, but also many opportunities for all participants.
How significant or important are these changes? How quickly are they impacting the industry and how are actors reacting to this evolving landscape?
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