Mutual distributed ledgers (MDLs) have the potential to transform the way people and organizations handle identity, transaction and debt information. MDL technology provides an electronic public transaction record of integrity without central ownership. The ability to have a globally available,...

Confidence Accounting is a proposal to use distributions, rather than discrete values, where appropriate in auditing and accounting. In a world of Confidence Accounting, the end results of audits would be presentations of distributions for major entries in the profit & loss, balance sheet and...

This report explores the feasibility and benefits of establishing a capacity exchange or hub of capacity exchanges in the UK. The research team interviewed professionals from a variety of sectors, surveyed existing multilateral reciprocal trade exchanges and conducted desk research into the...

This report is the outcome of a research project conducted between June and November 2013 which explored how voluntary standards markets might be applied to financial services regulation and sought to provide independent verification of their potential in the financial services sector. The...

Following the publication in November 2013 of a joint BSI, CISI and Long Finance report titled “Backing Market Forces: How to Make Voluntary Standards Markets Work for Financial Services Regulation”, BSI asked Z/Yen Group and Long Finance to assist in identifying opportunities for voluntary...

Following the publication in November 2013 of a joint BSI, CISI and Long Finance report titled “Backing Market Forces: How to Make Voluntary Standards Markets Work for Financial Services Regulation”, BSI asked Z/Yen Group and Long Finance to assist in identifying opportunities for voluntary...

"Chain Of A Lifetime: How Blockchain Technology Might Transform Personal Insurance" is the outcome of a research project conducted between August and December 2014 which explored how blockchain technology might transform personal insurance and in particular interactions among individuals and...

Cities are faced with the huge challenge of providing infrastructure that meets the needs of a rising urban population, with limited public resources. Decisions and investments in urban infrastructure must be urgently leveraged to achieve sustainable economic growth within the carrying capacity...

This Long Finance research project sought to explore how cyber-catastrophe reinsurance might help mitigate cyber-risk, establish some evidence of the appetite for such reinsurance, and examine how government might best provide support for the establishment of an efficient, largely free-market...