05/15/2018
Private Equity’s Plan to Beat the Low-Cost Investing Robots
Under threat from automated rivals, financial advisers are getting bigger, and guess who’s there to profit from it all.
Comment & Analysis
05/13/2018
What's better: robo-advisors or good old fashioned human beings?
They go through a client’s risk assessment and then provide the client with access to a diversified investment program that’s quick to set up and done so at a low cost, generally lower than those associated with mutual funds.
05/11/2018
Robocalypse now? Don’t buy the panic over job-stealing AI
This concern over new technology has many of the classic characteristics of a moral panic.
05/11/2018
Former Goldman Sachs president predicts global cryptocurrency in the future, but not bitcoin
Bitcoin has been heavily criticised for its volatility, previously shady connections and sudden changes in value, something that has made many people oppose it.
05/10/2018
‘Flipkart’s critical moment was when Binny became group CEO’
Having pumped $616 million over a period of six years the conglomerate
05/07/2018
Andrew Thorburn explains the fintech forces reshaping NAB
Like the tech giants themselves, NAB is pumping up technology spending with sums that would make wannabe disrupters salivate.
04/27/2018
Impact of technological advances highlighted at record breaking London conferences
Concern was also voiced in the sessions that ultra-high-net-worth families were overwhelmed by the march of regulation and the increasing need for transparency at the expense of privacy.
04/26/2018
World Bank says service sector growth, digital investment could boost job growth in MENA region
Countries in the region, which have an abundance of oil reserves, have long relied on oil revenues for economic growth.
04/15/2018
Robots will steal your wages but not your job, Barclays predicts
It will squash pay packets severely for years or even decades to come, a new report from Barclays has warned.
04/08/2018
GUEST ARTICLE - Unfriending Facebook - What's not to like? by Penny Lovell
Anyway, it’s certainly been a horrendous few weeks for the social media giant.
04/06/2018
Why banks can’t see the forest for trees when it comes to money laundering
The systems that are in place in many top-tier UK banks were instated somewhat hastily as a response to increasing regulatory pressures and, as such, are not fit for purpose.
04/05/2018
Microsoft seeks expansion opportunities in banking sector
The benefits cited by decision makers in mid to large-sized organisations in South East Asia included profit margin and productivity gains, reduced costs and increased revenue from new products and services.
04/05/2018
Digital Banking? Look To Asia And Africa For Leaders
Africa is leading the world in financial innovation, said Skinner.
04/04/2018
Bea Martin: The Glue That Bonds UBS
In the April 2018 cover story of Waters, UBS Investment Bank's COO, Beatriz Martín Jiménez, talks with Victor Anderson about blockchain, AI and some of the hurdles she has faced in her career.
04/04/2018
5 Things To Know About Fintech, According To NASAA President
But, the one thing to understand, is that technology always outruns regulation.
04/04/2018
deVere CEO: Cryptocurrency investor mindset is shifting
Mr Green, who launched deVere Crypto, an exchange app, earlier this year, comments: “There is a seismic shift taking place with cryptocurrency investments.
04/03/2018
Finastra positioned as Category Leader in Chartis Hedge Fund Risk Management Quadrant
Fusion Invest is an all-in-one system for portfolio management, risk management and investment operations.
03/29/2018
AFRICA: Why no bank is going to acquire your fintech startup
Camilla Swart is ecosystem manager at Rise, the startup space launched by Barclays – now rebranded as Absa – in Cape Town in 2015, from where the bank runs its Techstars-powered accelerator programmes.
03/27/2018
Britons believe that big banks should acquire fintech
A study from insight research company Strive has shown that more than 50 per cent of the British public believe that big banks should acquire fintech.
03/27/2018
Rising China, new technology will drive biggest change in Asean — Maybank Kim Eng
Maybank Kim Eng added that Asean also accounts for the largest share of Chinese mergers and acquisitions (M&A) investment