Decentralised Finance (DeFi), finance industry update
Event Information
Event description
What is DeFi? How is it evolving? Will it disrupt the financial services / investments sector?
About this event
Decentralised Finance uses emerging technology to remove third parties, such as banks, in financial transactions.
With unresolved issues such as infrastructure, its future widespread adoption seems debatable. But is it?
A panel of DeFi experts will explain DeFi for investment and finance professionals in New Zealand. Including:
- DeFi explained. How it works. The problems it is designed to solve. The size of the DeFi market today.
- The key risks and opportunities of DeFi. Including regulatory and scaling up.
- The long term winners and losers with DeFi.
- Will DeFi really disrupt traditional financial systems? If yes, when?
SPEAKERS
Bryan Ventura, Senior Associate, MinterEllisonRuddWatts, and Chair, BlockchainNZ (moderator)
Henrik Andersson, CFA, Chief Investment Officer, Apollo Capital (Australia)
Will Remor, Core Unit Facilitator – Real-world assets, MakerDAO
Sorel Carr, Partner – Commercial, BNZ
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