Avaloq Blog

As the dust starts to settle on the implementation projects related to PSD2 in the European Economic Area, it's time to reflect on what is happening with the move to open banking and ask,  what has it given us so far - and is it really just about payments?

What factors are driving innovation in open banking? Can the platform economy really work for the banking industry?

This is the first piece in a series of three short articles that will address investing in non-bankable assets and focus on critical considerations when one’s investment portfolio includes such alternative investment vehicles.

Digital wealth management software can increase the financial services industry’s cost efficiency and enable them to reach a wider audience with custom services.

It may sound like an exaggeration, but there is hardly any person in the world that has never been part of a social network, or that has never used some sort of technical network. In a similar way, it’s almost impossible to come across any recent article about data science applications which does not mention the term “network”. Hence it is only natural to ask what is a network?

In this blog post, we will specifically delve into the type of challenges that arise in banks due to data quality and quantity-related issues and propose some concrete concepts that could mitigate these.

The introduction of a highly automated portfolio-based advisory process and the use of quantitative portfolio risk has led to a new advisory paradigm. In this post, we explore the challenges that come with this.

With the implementation of MiFID II in Europe and similar standards in other jurisdictions, wealth advice has effectively shifted from a “single-instrument approach” to a “risk-based portfolio approach”. This blogpost is an introduction to what this means.

Managing investments using automated technology can have clear advantages for both providers of investment solutions and investors. We will explore some of them in this blogpost.

Blockchain is a disruptive force but also a transformative one. This is how it is transforming the wealth management industry.