12/04/2016
How UBS built its 'robo advisor' SmartWealth like a fintech startup
Williams is the co-head of UBS' recently launched online wealth manager, SmartWealth
FinTech
12/02/2016
Wealth managers respond to demand for ‘robo advice’
Brewin Dolphin the latest firm to offer a fully automated investment service
12/02/2016
This ATM Dispenses Free Swiss Chocolate
Clients can withdraw milk chocolate from chocomat «Sweetie» anytime the craving hits – day or night
12/02/2016
Private Wealth Systems Shortlisted for "Best Client Reporting" Award
Recognition based upon Private Wealth Systems' leadership in reshaping the future of private wealth reporting.
12/01/2016
China's about to unleash its roller-coaster tech market on the world
Authorities toyed with the idea of launching the link last year, but the plan was delayed following the August 2015 market crash — back when China's currency, the renminbi, was devalued.
12/01/2016
What would Gandhi have thought about Bitcoin?
Paytm is not Bitcoin but it is digital money that has reached mass scale in a huge market.
12/01/2016
Robo advisers have brand handicap
Discretionary portfolio managers would experience competition from digital providers
12/01/2016
Oakbrook Solutions Shortlisted for the Family Wealth Report Awards...
Our aim is to make these annual Awards one of the brightest, and keenly contested highlights in the wealth management calendar
12/01/2016
How to build a digital strategy for your business... (Part 6/6) by Mik Cons, CEO of Sammedia
Robo-Advice is coming.
12/01/2016
Morgan Stanley robo adviser? A future redefined
The project is led by Naureen Hassan, who joined the wirehouse from Charles Schwab, where she was critical in that firm’s development of its robo adviser platform.
11/30/2016
Wealth Management and Banking in the Digital Age – Are you taking Advantage of the Tools Available?
Technology placed such a comprehensive burden on business
11/29/2016
BearingPoint ranked in the top 30 for risk technology in prestigious Chartis RiskTech100® report
Risk reporting solution Abacus moves up 27 places in the Chartis RiskTech100® with high scores for functionality and customer satisfaction
11/29/2016
New Teslas will begin to get updated Autopilot in mid-December — here's what the system can do
Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted on Friday that the cars will get those first generation Autopilot features back in mid-December.
11/29/2016
Ernst & Young Switzerland Will Accept Bitcoin Next Year
The launch is, perhaps, an extension of the ongoing cultural experiment involving the digital currency in Switzerland.
11/29/2016
Superior services in wealth management begin with security
“Follow the money” is an old adage but one that cyber criminals take to heart still, as they target some of the world’s wealthiest private banking clients.
11/29/2016
Hackers crack Liechtenstein banks, demand ransoms
Tiny country creates yuuge problems as crims threaten to expose tax evasion
11/28/2016
Hackers target high-profile customers of Liechtenstein bank in extortion scam - Report
Scammers demand a portion of victims' bank account amount, threatening exposure.
11/25/2016
Comment from GFT: Morgan Stanley dropping out of R3 raises questions over the value of the consortium
Consortium aside, the crux of the issue is not to do with the interest in or potential of blockchain technology, but to do with the commercials of the business model.
11/25/2016
Objectway Conference: Do or die in wealth management’s digital drive
Schramme too was keen to emphasise the importance of digital for wealth managers in “building a “sticky relationship” with their customers. “How do you differentiate in an increasingly commoditised business?” he asks.
11/24/2016
Who owns the customer in a digital world? (Part 5/6) Mik Cons, CEO of Sammedia Limited
Lets have a look at how super-brands in other industries have changed the game.