Jon Willis, chief commercial officer at Calastone, takes a closer look at how industries have successfully navigated technological disruption, and what this means for financial services.
To say that technology has evolved at lightning speed would be an understatement. Innovations including computer-driven portfolio construction and advice (robo-advice), shared ledger technology (blockchain) and machine learning are progressing at an unprecedented pace. This change is so rapid that businesses are regularly being forced to reassess and re-evaluate their strategies and models. A Calastone whitepaper, The Accelerating power of technology: lessons for the future of fund distribution, highlights the funds industry, whether it is the manager, distributor, platform or transfer ...
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