Technology

Winners and losers

Improvements in AI are pushing the boundaries

Strong inflows into robotics funds

Investors favouring tech stocks

Flows of $6.4bn over 16 weeks

Quants come with their own performance risks

The robot wars are starting to get exciting. I am not referring to the wonderfully strange TV programme of that name, rather to the inevitable showdown between those platforms offering Robo-Advice Mark 1: cheapest is best.

Look for companies exploiting new technologies

More financial institutions than ever are falling victim to online hacks and phishing attacks. Craig Sanders, strategic business manager at MWR InfoSecurity, looks at how larger investment firms can protect their data from falling into the wrong hands....

Asian companies are at the cutting-edge of research and development in areas like AI, the smart-home and virtual reality, writes Daniel Tubbs, head of global emerging markets at Mirabaud Asset Management.