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Schroders Invests In Singapore Wealthtech Startup Weinvest
Schroders announces it has reached an agreement to acquire a minority equity stake in WeInvest, a Singapore-based digital wealth services company. Completion of the investment is expected to take place in June. WeInvest is a wealth technology platform provider for banks,
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What Is Wealthtech? An Introduction
Wealthtech, a segment of fintech that focuses on enhancing wealth management and the retail investment process, is on the rise around the world with companies in the space raising over US$2.5 billion in 2017, according to Fintech Global. These are
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Finantix Acquires Singapore FinTech Startup Smartfolios
Finantix announced end of March its acquisition of smartfolios, the creators of quant-enabled investment tools that support the key stages of the digital advisory value chain. With this acquisition, Finantix is set to combine its enterprise-grade technology and its recently
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Singapore Robo Advisors secures USD $5.3 million in Series A Funding
StashAway, a Singapore based robo-adviser with retail license in Singapore, announced that it has completed a USD $5.3 million (SGD $7.0 million) Series A round of funding. A group of family offices subscribed to the round. The round included new
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Standard Chartered Selects Moneythor To Enhance Digital Services
Moneythor, the technology company providing financial institutions with a digital banking toolkit powered by artificial intelligence (AI), has been selected by Standard Chartered to further advance personalization and engagement in its digital services. The initial deployment will add advanced client-facing
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Former CEO of Morgan Stanley Singapore Joins Advisory Committee of Singaporean Robo-Advisor
Ms Sim Hwee Hoon, former CEO of Morgan Stanley Singapore, is the fourth and final member of StashAway’s Advisory Committee. She joins Pranay Gupta, former Head of Multi-Asset Strategies at Temasek’s Fullerton Fund Management; Prof. Annie Koh, Professor of Finance
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Robo Advisors in Singapore
Robo-advisors are all the rage in the wealth management industry as banks and financial institutions around the world are looking to respond to the industry’s rapid adoption of technology, changing consumer expectations and the disruptive potential of new entrants. Even
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AGDelta wins MAS Fintech Awards (Singapore SME) at the 2017 Fintech Awards
AGDelta was awarded the MAS FinTech Awards (Singapore SME) at the 2017 FinTech Awards on 16 November 2017, thanks to its award-winning B2B and B2B2C Digital Wealth Platform, and achievements over the past 12 months. AGDelta was one of only
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Robo-Advisory In Asia/Pacific Set To Cross US$500 Billion In AUM By 2021, IDC Reports
IDC Financial Insights has released its first perspective on robo-advisory titled Robo-Advisory: Changing the Face of Wealth in Asia/Pacific , which highlights the state of robo-advisory in seven hot markets in Asia/Pacific. China, Singapore, Australia, South Korea, Hong Kong, India, and Taiwan lead
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Vietnam Welcomes First Robo-Advisor Platform
Vietnamese fintech startup Finhay is targeting the country’s millennials with a new robo-advisor service that lets customers invest in top mutual funds in Vietnam starting with as little as 50,000 VND (US$2.6). Finhay provides a platform connecting mutual funds with
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