Earlier this week, U.S.-based asset management firm
State Street published a report on 2020 industry trends, which sees growth in digital assets and blockchain for financial markets.
The report is based on a survey of 101 North American asset managers with an emphasis (71%) on those with more than $100 billion in assets under management (AUM). About 65% of the respondents agreed or strongly agreed that distributed ledger technology (DLT) is likely to improve future financing solutions. But in the case of larger asset managers, with more than $500 billion under management, the figure was 92%. That said, large asset managers only made up 13-14 of the people surveyed.
And 62% said DLT would be integrated into their trading process in 2020.
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