We are delighted to bring you a series of short and interactive presentations on our stand at this year’s Fund Forum International conference. The presentations will be covering key developments and trends driven by technology innovation in the funds industry. There will be an opportunity to meet and discuss any questions with our experts at the end of each session.
Please see below details regarding topics and timings:
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) in regulated finance
Wednesday 11 May, 11:00 AM - Add to calendar
In 2008 blockchain became the first major iteration of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) with the launch of Bitcoin. Since then, DLT has developed significantly and use cases exist across many industries. In financial services – the most significant use cases remain within crypto-currencies; Created digitally from the outset. So how can the traditional, and heavily regulated, financial and investment industry take advantage of this technology innovation, and when?
Speaker: Varun Atre, Head of Product, Calastone
Tokenisation – the future investment landscape
Wednesday 11 May, 4:10 PM - Add to calendar
The mutual fund has successfully played its role as a key investment vehicle for almost 100 years – enabling investors to benefit from the diversified collective of assets and access to professional fund management expertise. But what is the future of collective investing?
In this session, we will discuss the advent of Tokenisation and its role in the future investment landscape.
Speaker: Edward Glyn, Head of Global Markets, Calastone
Future of Digital Fund Administration – how the administration role will change in a digitally transformed administration world
Thursday, 12 May, 11:10 - Add to calendar
As demand grows from fund managers seeking support for new services, future digital fund ranges and improved investor experiences, pressure falls to fund administrators to provide more – often for less.
In this session, we will explore the innovation trends that pressure fund administration and what are the next step to enable a new digital administration model to meet the needs of the future investment industry.
Speaker: Laura Mann, Product Manager, Calastone
Case Study: Contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) - solving the challenge of launching class B shares in Taiwan
Thursday, 12 May, 11:20 - Add to calendar
Our new CDSC solution is built using the Calastone DMI and enables fund managers to launch new products in a fast and efficient way. During this session, we will share a case study featuring a Calastone client who wished to use our new CDSC solution to launch their new class B share product into the Taiwanese market.
Speaker: Laura Mann, Product Manager, Calastone
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Varun Atre
Head of Product, Calastone
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Laura Mann
Product Manager, Calastone
