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OneVue announces management, strategy changes

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... it's clearly not working." To illustrate her point, Mckeage pointed to controversies surrounding automated investment algorithms, or "robo-advice": "I remember someone saying, 'Are you telling me you'd rather trust an algorithm than a person?' And the ...

FEATURE: Big data and financial services

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... data is the new buzzword in financial services. Suddenly, business gurus are talking with enthusiasm about intelligent algorithms, finance-savvy robots and the Internet of Things. But despite all the noise around it, there is a fact even tech-averse ...

Advisers under threat from robot replacements

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... finding of a new study which reveals that machines could easily provide financial advice to consumers thanks to complex algorithms. Financial advice has a 58% probability of being replaced by robots or artificial intelligence, which puts it among the ...

Is 'unbundling' the future of broking?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
... important. "Fund managers now have at their fingertips the ability to use technology to get the best price; they now have algorithms to execute their orders with less of an impact on the market. "Really, the last thing they want to be doing these days ...

Gone fishin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013

The "ber" months are coming

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013

Oh how welcome thy voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... happens in the economy". That's where the stupid comes in Virginia. Perhaps that's what happens when you let machines (algorithms) do the trading based on the headlines. They buy (or sell) even though things don't compute. Or it could be opportunistic ...

Is it safe?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... all depends. If you're looking very short-term, then expect more volatility until financial market traders (and their algorithms) make up their mind one way or the other. There's still the potential for big moves - up or down. For those looking beyond ...

The death of QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... demand apply anymore? And what about equities? I'm slowly beginning to believe that traders are letting the machines (algorithms) do the trading for them. This or the fear of the death of QE has sucked rational thinking out of their brains. Last night's ...

ISN calls for electronic auctions to block HFT leakage

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013