‘There is a barrier towards investing in our own markets’
As home to investors and companies that prefer the allure of American markets over their domestic counterparts, the European Union has arrived at a crossroads. A window of opportunity has arrived for creating a new framework that supports efficient capital markets, creating growth and jobs and enabling retail investors and pension savers meet their long-term financial needs.
Research: robo advisers yet to make breakthrough
The investment industry’s high expectations of robo advice and the use of blockchain technology have not yet been met. For now, robo advisers have failed to make a decisive breakthrough, according to research by the CFA Institute among more than 250 of its member organisations.
A substantial majority of these appear yet not to use big data analysis, machine learning or artificial intelligence in risk management, compliance or the investment process.