Bravura Solutions invited Matthew to be its keynote speaker at the annual Monaco Fund Forum. Because of the global pandemic the event was again a hybrid affair, and he delivered his keynote virtually.
His starting point was that we live in an age of sci-fi startups, and that for the investment community the speed and style of change present huge opportunities and threats. In a short, punchy session he showed how new technologies and paradigm shifts give investors the chance to refresh their portfolios and benefit from high return alternative investment strategies before everyone else jumps on the bandwagon and depresses returns.
"We live in an age of sci-fi startups, and for the investment community the speed of change and the style of change presents huge opportunities and threats."Matthew Griffin, Monaco, October 2021
He also highlighted the accelerating rate of change, discussed ESG investment strategies, and showed how changes in one industry can bring about significant opportunities in another.
He then changed tack to show how some of the same disruptive technologies, combined with agile, flexible and scalable IT platforms, could benefit investment firms themselves. They can help automate everything from contract negotiation to the customer experience, and accelerate the rate at which firms enter and take advantage of novel investment opportunities.
