IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Capital Markets 2024 Predictions
This IDC study presents the top 10 predictions and key drivers for the capital markets for the next five years."Over the next five years, a confluence of external drivers is expected to materially impact the competitive basis on which most capital markets participants have historically engaged. Market participants that triangulate strategic technological investment and human talent with the market opportunity arising from structural change can expect to realize disproportionate reward," says Thomas Shuster, research director, Worldwide Capital Markets Digital Transformation Strategies at IDC.
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- IDC FutureScape Figure
- Executive Summary
- IDC FutureScape Predictions
- Summary of External Drivers
- Predictions: Impact on Technology Buyers
- Prediction 1: By 2025, the Use of GenAI by Financial Wellness and Robo-Advisory Platforms Will Double Their Adoption Rate
- Associated Drivers
- IT Impact
- Guidance
- Prediction 2: By 2025, 5% of Countries Will Have Issued Sovereign Debt Instruments Using Blockchain Technology
- Associated Drivers
- IT Impact
- Guidance
- Prediction 3: By 2025, GenAI Assistive Code Development Will Have Driven a 50% Increase in Algorithmic and High-Speed Trading Volumes
- Associated Drivers
- IT Impact
- Guidance
- Prediction 4: By 2026, Global Market Infrastructure Providers Will Experience 200% Revenue Growth Stemming from Their Provision of Technology
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- IT Impact
- Guidance
- Prediction 5: By 2026, AI Will Drive a 10x Increase in the Utilization of Alternative Market Data
- Associated Drivers
- IT Impact
- Guidance
- Prediction 6: By 2027, Cognitive Technologies Will Generate a 25% Increase in Merger and Acquisition Returns
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- IT Impact
- Guidance
- Prediction 7: By 2027, Three-Quarters of Commercial Bond Issuance Will be Accomplished Using Intelligent Pricing Features on Digital Market Platforms
- Associated Drivers
- IT Impact
- Guidance
- Prediction 8: By 2027, a Quadrupling of Capital Markets Regulatory Sandboxes Will Lead to Broad Adoption of Innovative Technologies Across the Markets
- Associated Drivers
- IT Impact
- Guidance
- Prediction 9: By 2028, Institutional Digital Asset Custody Will Experience 1,000% Growth in Assets Held
- Associated Drivers
- IT Impact
- Guidance
- Prediction 10: By 2029, 95% of Global Derivatives Markets Will Employ Smart Contract Technology
- Associated Drivers
- IT Impact
- Guidance
- Advice for Technology Buyers
- External Drivers: Detail
- AI Everywhere — Generative AI Takes the Spotlight
- The Drive to Automate — Maximizing Efficiency and New Opportunities
- The Digital Business Imperative — Competitiveness and Outcomes
- Everything as a Service Intensifies — Transforming Models to Drive Change
- Dynamic Work and Skills Requirements — New Work Mode Era
- Shifting Tech Regulatory Landscape — Navigating Risk and Opportunity
- Operationalization of ESG — Measuring and Implementing Sustainability
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