Technological innovation is transforming the bounds of possibility for organizations around the world. These developments have major implications for capital markets players, both in terms of their own operations and in how alpha is created. While I looked in my previous post at the advances in artificial intelligence and in “extended” reality, we will turn…

Chatbots are driving positive change in the buying experience in many industries.[1] Hospitality, insurance, retail and travel companies already use chatbots, both to their own advantage and their consumers’ also. These legions of business chatbots offer information. And with that comes a helpful and seamless route for shoppers to make purchases. Asset management firms should…

Change, as the saying goes, has never been this rapid before. And it is unlikely to ever again be slower than this rapid pace. Keeping track of these developments has never been more important—or more difficult. That is why each year Accenture puts together the Technology Vision report, an in-depth analysis of the tech trends…

Recent Accenture research revealed that 40-60 percent of today’s onboarding tasks could be automated with digital technologies.[1] Many wealth management firms have taken some small steps to digitize their operations, but they may not be taking full advantage of all the digital opportunities available. In this interview, Mike Marsiglio, senior manager at Accenture and Philip…

The future of wealth advisory requires being in sync with your clients: understanding their financial needs, what’s going on in their lives and how they prefer to interact. Firms that want to remain competitive will need to think from the lens of how to make life easier for their clients with digital tools. Each year,…

Recently, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase announced their plan to join together to create a new company which provides less expensive healthcare to their employees. A day later, stock prices across the health sector fell. It’s no wonder Amazon and other tech giants have been blowing down entire industries and reinventing them—true champions of…