Robo Advisors vs. Human Financial Advisors: Why Not Both?

  MyPrivateBankingAfter the strong growth of the robo advisory approach in recent years, promoted by numerous start-ups worldwide as well as sizeable number of early adopting wealth managers, a new ‘sub-species’ has emerged: the hybrid robo/personal contact service, which adds a substantial software component to human interaction in the client advisory process. This is a […]

Trailer Round-Up: ‘Down A Dark Hall’, ‘The King’, ‘Dallas and Robo’, ‘Damsel’ and More

You wan’t trailers? You’ve got trailers, baby. Here’s a movie trailer round-up featuring the latest coming attractions you may have missed. And if you didn’t miss them, just pretend you did and watch them anyway. Please, humor me. Below you’ll see trailers for the Uma Thurman film Down A Dark Hall, the documentary The King, the YouTube […]

‘Dallas & Robo’ pairs a trucker and a robot to save the solar system

Earlier the month, YouTube announced a new Kat Dennings- and John Cena-led animated series for its Red, soon to be Premium, platform — a buddy comedy from the company behind BoJack Horseman about a space trucker and a robot. In Dallas & Robo, the two travel together between different worlds, delivering goods and getting into […]

Robo Advisors vs. Human Financial Advisors: Why Not Both?

MyPrivateBanking After the strong growth of the robo advisory approach in recent years, promoted by numerous start-ups worldwide as well as sizeable number of early adopting wealth managers, a new ‘sub-species’ has emerged: the hybrid robo/personal contact service, which adds a substantial software component to human interaction in the client advisory process. This is a […]

Robo Advisors vs. Human Financial Advisors: Why Not Both?

MyPrivateBanking After the strong growth of the robo advisory approach in recent years, promoted by numerous start-ups worldwide as well as sizeable number of early adopting wealth managers, a new ‘sub-species’ has emerged: the hybrid robo/personal contact service, which adds a substantial software component to human interaction in the client advisory process. This is a […]

Robo advisors are gaining popularity with high-net-worth investors

MyPrivateBanking The majority of affluent and high-net-worth individuals recognize the potential of robo advisors and automated investment services to add value to their wealth management services. This is a main finding of MyPrivateBanking’s recent quantitative panel survey report “Investors’ Attitudes towards robo advisors – Evidence from the US and the UK“, with insights from 600 affluent […]

Classic bot-programming game Robo Rally has not aged well

Enlarge / The game comes with some of the thinnest cardboard we’ve ever seen. (credit: Owen Duffy) Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage at cardboard.arstechnica.com—and let us know what you think. “This is the worst game I’ve ever played in my life.” My friend […]

Robo Advisors: Here’s how to craft the optimal customer journey

MyPrivateBanking With the tremendous growth in robo advisor assets under management (AUM), financial institutions are scrambling to figure out how to build and become a robo advisor. Starting a robo advisor service combines financially savvy with big data analytics, as well as a comprehensive understanding to how robo advisors work. Robo advisors are platforms that […]