Delivering the future tense of data & technology in capital markets

Tokyo Financial Information & Technology Summit (TFITS) is the only event in Japan focused on the opportunities and challenges facing IT, data, and operations executives from financial institutions.

TFITS is a hybrid conference hosted by WatersTechnology and sponsored by six solution providers across APAC, with 25 speakers and 250+ delegates. The 2022 in-person summit was held on June 29 and featured an agenda packed with practical insights on a variety of topics, including:

• Tech Leaders Spotlight: Industry Updates, User Cases, and Business-driven IT Approach
• Data Leaders Spotlight: Trends and Innovation in Quantitative Analysis and How to Drive Business Outcome
• Investor Spotlight: Build Resilience to Your Portfolios with Extensive Automation
• Trading Panel: Operational Alpha in Capital Markets: Achieving Cost Efficiency and Resilience
• Remote Working Spotlight: Implication on Operating Models and Risk
• Cloud Panel: Migration to Cloud―What Is There to Keep from Your Legacy System

Celent delivered the following three keynote addresses:

Tech Leaders Spotlight: Industry Updates, User Cases, and Business-driven IT Approach

1. Market trends and top technology trends

• Capital Markets Now: The Haves and Have-Nots (of Complex Technologies)
• Capital Markets’ 5 Technology Trends and 10 Priorities

2. Implications for the Japanese market

• IT Investment Objective Perspective: What is the split ratio between technology for "organizational operations" and "organizational innovation"?
• IT investment priorities: Which of the key technology trends is your company most focused on?
• Domino effect to digital assets: How prepared are you for the invisible continent?

Operational Alpha at Capital Markets: Combining Resilience and Cost Efficiency Initiatives

1. Why is responsiveness to change and cost efficiency important now?

• Economies and efficiencies on the buy side now
• Longing for the cloud to deliver operational efficiencies in capital markets
• Hybrid front-to-back technology, managed services, outsourcing

2. Operational alpha initiatives and strategies: rethinking the operating environment from end-to-end

• Strategic technology approach to support operational efficiency and alpha generation capabilities
• Building process integration and data enablement layers through APIs
• Create a road map for cost and operational efficiency improvements

Migration to Cloud: What Is There to Keep from Your Legacy System

1. Expectations for beyond-the-cloud technology

• Three "as-a-Service" models of cloud computing
• Cloud technology adoption practices in financial institutions—a hybrid approach
• Seven key considerations for moving to the cloud
• Sharing of management responsibilities between the financial institution and the cloud provider

2. Cloud urban myths

• Is public cloud less expensive than on-premise?
• Is the cloud less secure than on-premise?
• Should we follow suit after someone else experiences "fail first"?
• Should we hold off until we identify a strong cloud provider?
• Are cloud use cases limited to big data?
• Is it too costly to train and upskill employees for cloud?
• Are open source tools essential for leveraging the cloud?

Related Blog Posts

• Tech Leaders Spotlight: Industry Updates, User Cases, and Business-driven IT Approach
• Operational Alpha in Capital Markets: Achieving Cost Efficiency and Resilience
• Migration to Cloud: What Is There to Keep from Your Legacy System