Recently, there has been recognition of the potential of millennials to shift the wealth management playbook away from the traditional client-relationship manager engagement to one where technology influences how investing occurs. According to the 2016 UBS/PwC Billionaire Report for most of Asia’s relatively young economies where 85% of billionaires are first-generation, this will be the…
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In the next of our six questions series of interviews we caught up with Smartly CEO Keir Veskivali, to discuss the future of smart money management, the challenge of balanced regulation and the most exciting upcoming fintech categories. Enjoy! Can you tell us a little about Smartly? In order to understand Smartly, I would have…
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We’re glad to be part of the top 45 startups to participate in Slush Singapore 2016. We’ll like to give thanks to those who are with Smartly for giving us the recognition we have today! After all, we are doing it for you guys! http://www.slush.org/news/slush-singapore-top-45-startups-announced/
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First I’d like to start out by apologising to the people who have been waiting for Smartly launch since July. Over the past few months I have talked personally to many of you on the topic of why we haven’t launched. Since this question is being asked more often I have decided to talk openly…
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Thank you VulcanPost for a great cover! Investing can be tricky – if you don’t choose the right company, you just might end up losing money instead of gaining. Factoring in the extra fees, and the fact that you don’t really know where your money is going to, one might be hesitant to invest. But…
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Robo-advisors. What are they? To the average retail investor in Singapore, we haven’t a clue about what it is. It’s not really our fault because it has never been talked about. So why should I care about robo-advisors and what can they do for me? Robo-advisors are actually more than just advisors. Not only do…
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HONG KONG/SHANGHAI: Tired of spending hours at her Beijing bank discussing her finances and a myriad of investment options with her account manager, Lauren Ma turned to Lingji, a phone app that pre-selects a range of assets and trades for her automatically. Ma recently topped up her initial June investment of 100,000 yuan (US$15,000) with…
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Here’s a good dose of reality, 80% of day traders are unprofitable over the course of a year. Blackjack may offer better odds than day trading. If you can’t beat the uncertainty of the market, your odds may be more favorable with low risk passive investments. An analysis of trading-platform data shows that 80% of…
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