08/23/2017
China expected to be a key AI player in five years: UBS
Major application areas range from self-driving cars to speech and image recognition to personal assistant.
Wealth & Asset Management
08/21/2017
Taiwan goes in big on AI craze
According to the China Post, the AI development plan will come from Taiwan’s flagship infrastructure bill
08/18/2017
Investment banks revive structured finance repack market
The structured securities allow buyers to alter parts of the profiles of underlying bonds, by for example turning coupon payments into floating from fixed or switching returns into other currencies.
08/18/2017
Barclays Puts in Sensors to See Which Bankers Are at Their Desks
Heat-sensing ‘OccupEye’ records usage, promotes ‘hot-desking’
08/17/2017
Digital Strategy, Legacy Systems & John Lewis – The Inconvenient Truth
The number one priority for many wealth management and advisory companies is around focusing on the customer and finding ways to differentiate themselves against the competition.
08/17/2017
Iress H1 profits down ten percent year-on-year
Our global market information platform for institutional and retail brokers, investment managers and advisers.
08/16/2017
Falcon PB adds three new currencies to bitcoin AM services
We are pleased to add Ether, Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash to our services
08/15/2017
Challenger shows the banks how it's done on wealth management
The best way to illustrate the failure of the banks to adequately capitalise on the wealth-management opportunity is to compare their recent performance in wealth against life insurer and funds manager Challenger.
08/15/2017
ClearView selects Iress Prime for scaled advice
XPLAN Prime allows financial advisers to deliver objectives-based scalable advice to meet a range of client needs and save significant time, by leveraging the advice capabilities of the XPLAN platform.
08/14/2017
How Will Blockchain Benefit the Wealth Management Industry?
Here are some of the ways blockchain could revolutionise wealth management.
08/13/2017
Fund managers deny AI threatens jobs
Finance industry says artificial intelligence will create more opportunities
08/11/2017
JHC launches risk analytics tool for wealth managers
This is the first time that wealth managers and private bankers will be able to access detailed and timely risk data on-the-go
08/10/2017
Robo-Adviser Worth the Effort?
What about investing in bespoke digital initiatives to win a new generation of wealthy clients?
08/09/2017
Asset Management: Digitalization, But Quickly
The changes in asset management are not only fundamental, they are life threatening: the latest wave of mergers and takeovers should set the alarm bells ringing for an industry which already sees itself under threat.
08/08/2017
Gartner’s study shows that ERI is one of the top vendors in Western Europe
In terms of number of clients
08/08/2017
International private bank Opts for Wolters Kluwer
LGT will be specifically using the Regulatory Reporting functionality for Singapore and Hong Kong.
08/07/2017
Wealth begins its blockchain reaction
He makes it no secret that the BNP Paribas expansion strategy is deliberate and the company is exposed to blockchain "in every way possible."
08/07/2017
Morgan Stanley Is Pitching Big Data Against Robos
The brokerage’s wealth management model is based on personal relationships, so advice without human input goes against its culture and business model, according to Davenport and Bean.
08/04/2017
Nikko Asset Management to invest in US fintech researcher
New York startup aided Japanese company with successful financial tech fund
08/04/2017
Robo-adviser Moneyfarm expects profitability by 2019
The firm has reported total losses of £6.4 million in 2016, but claims this was in line with its agreed targets.