FCA extends robo-advice work in fintech push
The types of firm that can approach the FCA for help developing new robo-advice products has been expanded.
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EC explores new fintech passporting regime
The European Commission (EC) is considering new passporting regimes to ensure a level playing field for financial technology companies.
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PA ANALYSIS: Is Barclays’ new platform the start of Fintech 2.0?
Barclays’ announcement on Monday that it has launched an execution-only platform should come as no surprise. But, it should serve as a reminder to wealth managers not to get too complacent.
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PA Podcast: It is time to stop conflating fintech and robo-advice
Joe Parkin, head of wealth and retail at iShares talks the rise of the digital investor and why financial technology is far more than just robo-advice
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Wealth managers must respond to digital demands to stay alive – Roubini
Research conducted by Roubini ThoughtLab has revealed that most wealth managers are not moving swiftly enough to cope with technological and demographic shifts that it says will transform the industry by 2021.
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Platforms face inflection point as competition cuts margins
The ongoing technological revolution has levelled the financial services playing field globally argues Jaco van Tonder, head of advisory services at Investec Asset Management – and with that levelling comes both risk and opportunity.
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UK robo-advice financially unviable, warns investment firm SCM
UK robo-advisers are ‘wired’ to lose money and most will go bust before acquiring the sizeable assets under management needed to survive, a scathing new report has warned.
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Singapore-UK in fintech cooperation
Singapore’s monetary authority and the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority have agreed to cooperate to promote cross-border financial technology development.
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It is time for advisers to fully embrace technology – Nucleus
The ‘industrial revolution’ in technology will continue to overturn both client expectations and the demands they make of financial services firms, says Nucleus CEO David Ferguson.
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Distribution Technology unveils fund rating service
Distribution Technology has unveiled a fund rating service that aims to complement its existing Dynamic Planner tool’s asset and risk-modelling assumptions.
