IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Capital Markets 2023 Predictions

IDC FutureScape Figure

• Figure: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Capital Markets 2023 Top 10 Predictions

Executive Summary

IDC FutureScape Predictions

• Summary of External Drivers

• Predictions: Impact on Technology Buyers

• Prediction 1: By 2024, There Will Be a 500% Increase in the Revenue Stemming from Embedded Securities Transacted by Retail Customers

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 2: By 2025, the Global Private Capital Market Will Have Grown by 25%, Powered Partly by Asset Fractionalization Technology

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 3: By 2025, One in Two Financial Intermediaries Will Have Adopted Distributed Ledger Technology to Support Settlement and Clearing Functions

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 4: 100% of Clearing and Settlement Workloads Will Be Completed Within a Cloud Environment by 2026

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 5: By 2027, 90% of the Total Assets Under Management Globally Will Have Been Allocated with the Strategic Assistance of AI/ML Technologies

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 6: The Application of Artificial Intelligence to Unstructured Data Will Drive a 200% Increase in the Value of Financial Data Market Services by 2026

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 7: By 2027, More than 50% of Publicly Traded Financial Securities Will Have an Environmental, Social, or Governance Designation

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 8: 20% of the $10 Trillion Global Repurchase Market Transactions Will Be Executed Using Distributed Ledger Technology by 2027

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 9: By 2026, 15% of the Global Foreign Exchange Derivatives Market Will Originate from Embedded Hedging Services (Hedging as a Service)

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 10: By 2028, Tokenized Noncash Assets Will Constitute More than 50% of Assets Pledged as Collateral Globally

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Guidance

Advice for Technology Buyers

External Drivers: Detail

• Storms of Disruption — Accelerating, Interconnected Uncertainty

• Digital Business — Stepping Stone to the Future Enterprise

• Meaningful Intelligence — Differentiated Decision Power

• Ecosystem-Based Innovation — Driving Enterprise Value

• Everything as a Service — Thriving Through the Change

• Mainstream ESG — Sustainability Is Measured and Mandatory

• Cybersecurity and Risk — Scaling and Evolving Threat Environment

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