Tom and Sapna from Accenture invited Matthew to keynote the firm's Capital Markets Summit, held at Level 42 in London's Leadenhall Building. His brief was the Future of Capital Markets: how digital transformation, emerging technologies and the changes rippling through downstream industries, from agriculture, manufacturing and retail to aerospace, energy, healthcare and transportation, will change how incumbents invest and alter the shape and direction of the markets.
Matthew covered the impact of blockchain on the trust economy and market disintermediation, and the emergence and benefits of quantum computing and DNA computing. He also showed how AI and robotic process automation are helping companies as diverse as Aiydia, Bridgewater Associates, with over $160 billion in global investments, and Goldman Sachs undergo a "spectacular" metamorphosis as they race to become the world's first fully autonomous organisations.
"AI and Robotic Process Automation are helping companies as diverse as Aiydia, Bridgewater Associates and Goldman Sachs enter the race to become the world's first fully autonomous organisations."Matthew Griffin, London, January 2017
Later in the day, Accenture's European Head of Cyber Security spoke on the changing cyber security landscape, the growing role of AI, and the rapid expansion of threats organisations face as they rewire their digital fabric. Steve Rubel, Global Head of Collateral Management at Deutsche Bank Securities, closed with his own take on the transformation of the industry and the trends driving it.
The session left capital markets leaders with a clear picture of the forces reshaping not only their own industry but the industries they invest in.
