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Chris Mills, director at KPMG UK, looks at how technology can be a friend, not a foe, of the asset management industry.

Managed by César Zeitouni

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.

Industry and manufacturing has been slow to develop compelling responses to the challenge of carbon emission reductions - until now, writes Seb Beloe, partner and head of research at WHEB Asset Management.

Deutsche AM, MSCI, Lyxor AM and BlackRock all unveiling ESG products

Total expense ratio of 0.25%

Robo-advice is something of a paradox. Despite all the fevered debate and discussion about this being the next big thing in investment, I have yet to run into anyone who invests in any of the blazing new start-ups.

2016 saw several blow-ups for large drug companies