Technology & Social Media Archive

Mifid II has brought about a number of new developments and trends since its introduction, but a new one is that asset managers are increasingly looking to data analytics and digitization projects. According to the Global Asset Management Survey by financial technology firm Linedata, buy-side firms are focusing on data-led projects to secure successes to protect investment and operational performance against the potential for market disruption as a result of regulat...

Jamie Dimon, the chief of banking behemoth JPMorgan Chase, admits to being ‘worried’ about the progress China has made in artificial intelligence (AI) and fintech. In his annual letter to shareholders, the bank boss says he recently dispatched one of his senior teams to China to study what advances are being achieved in the country with AI and...

Recent reports have been ubiquitous with the idea of robots rendering humans obsolete – including those working in finance and asset management. A new intellectual ecosystem of think tanks and consultants has emerged out of an obsession with the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the future of work and commerce, with some presenting a near Terminator-style future. This trend is evident in the language being used within asset management: in 2...

Sponsored content It’s perhaps not surprising that Stockholm, home to the music-streaming giant Spotify and a large stable of world-beating start-ups, played host to Q4’s Breakfast Briefing (held in association with IR Magazine) on the subject of how technology is changing the everyday lives of modern IROs. Attendees listened to a panel of experts and fellow IROs at the opulent 19th century Grand Hôtel, which sits on Stockholm’s waterfront o...