IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Capital Markets 2024 Predictions

IDC FutureScape Figure

• Figure: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Capital Markets 2024 Top 10 Predictions

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

• Associated Drivers

• 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

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

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• 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

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• 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

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• Prediction 9: By 2028, Institutional Digital Asset Custody Will Experience 1,000% Growth in Assets Held

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• IT Impact

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• Prediction 10: By 2029, 95% of Global Derivatives Markets Will Employ Smart Contract Technology

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

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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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