Unigestion's Frick: Active managers 'embracing new technologies' to 'outsmart passive'

Unigestion is using machine learning to "extract patterns"

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CEO of Unigestion, Fiona Frick, has said the future of active asset management could be to embrace advanced technological change, such as artificial intelligence, in efforts to “outsmart” the growing passive funds market.

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