The Real Goal of Tokenisation: Building a composable financial ecosystem in the UK

This webinar is brought to you by CFA UK Technology & Innovation Community.

What if the future of investing isn’t simply digitising today’s products but rebuilding the entire financial system for flexibility, speed and personalisation? 

Join the CFA UK Tech & Innovation Community for an exclusive session with Dr Ian Hunt, one of the leading architects of next generation financial infrastructure. This webinar will introduce Composable Finance, a radically different approach that rethinks how investment products, technology, market infrastructure, law and regulation can work together in an optimal fashion. 

Rather than “tokenising legacy products”, composable finance offers a way to reduce systemic complexity, to enable interoperability, and to unlock new products that are hard to deliver in today’s fragmented environment. What composable finance actually is and why it represents a new operating model for global investment

This session will explore: 

• The real problems it solves for investors, including operational inefficiency, data fragmentation, regulatory complexity and limits to personalisation
• Why building a composable ecosystem delivers much more than digitising existing assets, funds and products
• The UK digital landscape including insights from Dr Hunt’s work with the UK Treasury Digital Assets Taskforce
• What other jurisdictions are doing now in the space, and what the UK risks if it fails to modernise
• What new investment products and capabilities become possible when financial infrastructure becomes composable
• How firms can prepare now, from asset managers and pension schemes to wealth platforms and CTO/CIO teams

This session is designed for professional investors, technology and innovation leaders, and anyone working at the intersection of investment, infrastructure and regulation. 

You’ll leave with a clearer understanding of: 

• Why composability is emerging as the defining theme in digital finance 
• How it could reshape products, platforms and client experiences 
• What the UK needs to remain globally competitive 
• What actions forwardthinking organisations can take today 

If your role involves strategy, innovation, system design, or the future of investment products, this is a conversation you don’t want to miss.

Speaker:

Dr Ian Hunt

Dr Ian Hunt is a leading expert in buy-side investment processes, technology, and innovation. He advises major asset managers and asset owners, with clients including BT Pension Scheme, Schroders, M&G, and Fidelity. Known for his work in investment automation and distributed ledger technology, he designed the UK’s first live funds ledger and contributes widely to industry research.
He has led major system implementations, supported complex investment strategies, and serves as an expert witness in financial cases. A former founder director of CityIQ and Global Product Director at DST International, Ian holds a PhD in Mathematical Logic from London University.