Received this from a close friend and business assocate of mine, who owned and operated an industry leading alternative fund administrator:

"Hey George, interesting article on blockchain. As I was saying, the distributed nature of blockchain will really disrupt the financial services gravy train of everyone in the food chain taking bps on every transaction.  I’m glad I sold my business. It would get seriously disrupted with blockchain." 

Financial Times, 

Davos: Blockchain can no longer be ignored

Read the full article at: https://www.ft.com/content/c0794556-ff50-11e7-9650-9c0ad2d7c5b5