It Has Been 10 Years Since the First Blockchain Was Conceptualized and yet Confusion Persists, with Wealth Managers Lagging Behind When It Comes to Adopting the Technology Says Globaldata, a Leading Data and Analytics Company
Attending the recent Money20/20 event, Heike van den Hoevel, Senior Wealth Management Analyst at GlobalData says, “Bring a panel of experts together at an event like Money 20/20 and they will not only disagree on where we are headed in the blockchain universe, but what exactly makes a blockchain and what differentiates it from a database.’’
It therefore comes as no surprise that in a sector reliant on personal relationships the adoption of blockchain in the wealth management space has been slow. However, as van den Hoevel explains, ‘‘this has to change as increasing regulatory pressures and rising compliance costs will drive the adoption of new technologies, particularly when they offer much needed efficiencies.”
According to GlobalData’s 2017 Global Wealth Managers Survey, 74.1% of wealth managers agree that high cost-to-income ratios are a concern while 71.6% believe so of local regulatory changes.
However, as the survey results show, there is a general lack of confidence amongst wealth managers relating to the security of blockchain, with 30% agreeing that it isn’t secure enough for a wide-use scale and 35% feeling that it is not relevant for client-facing operations.
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van den Hoevel continues, ‘‘Blockchain technology has the potential to address both of these issues, for example, increasingly stringent ‘know your customer’ (KYC) and ‘Anti-Money Laundering rules’ (AML) requirements are a headache when it comes to client onboarding. Blockchain presents a solution because records are immutable, and with a customer’s authorization data could be shared instantly across different institutions, significantly cutting down onboarding times and costs.’’
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With other financial services sectors taking the lead a significant proportion of wealth managers lack even a basic understanding of blockchain or opinion on how the technology could be used in their space.
van den Hoevel adds, ‘‘Despite the ongoing confusion surrounding blockchain there are already tangible benefits to be had and it’s time for the sector to stop making excuses and adopt.”
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