Insights on Financial Services

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The untapped prize: Asia’s high-net-worth insurance market

August 12, 2026 -

The competition for Asia’s high-net-worth-individual market is underway. Insurers are well-placed to address evolving customer needs.

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Global Banking Annual Review 2026: Precision with speed

May 21, 2026 -

In this preview of our 2026 Global Banking Annual Review, we provide a glimpse of banks’ continued strong results in 2025; the emergence of a new world map; the tipping point for customer ownership; and the unprecedented pace at which AI is remaking the industry, prompting banks to accelerate their precision strategies and evolve into multispeed organizations.

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How AI will reshape the economics of insurance: A CEO’s guide to strategy

July 23, 2026 -

AI could upend the industry’s long-standing structures and dynamics. Competitive advantage will accrue to carriers, distributors, and tech providers that prepare now.

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Building profit resilience in European private banking

June 26, 2026 -

Private banks face a critical decision point: Strengthen their business focus and monetization discipline, or risk declining profits.

Podcast

Talking with Daniel Marovitz, SVP of Fintech at Booking.com

June 30, 2026 -

Booking.com’s senior vice president of fintech describes how the travel-booking company has become the global platform of choice by managing complexity and easing customers’ pain points.

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Turning sustainability from regulatory compliance into a competitive edge

June 26, 2026 -

Financial institutions that build strategic transition plans can turn mandatory emissions-related compliance into a growth opportunity.

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Five client-led shifts reshaping European wealth management

June 23, 2026 -

Survey results point to changing consumer preferences that are disrupting and transforming the industry in Europe—and highlight the need for a new set of strategic imperatives.

Blog Post

What Latin America’s wholesale banking model teaches about resilience

June 11, 2026 -

Banks in the region follow a formula designed for volatility and complexity. Banks elsewhere should take note.

Blog Post

The future underwriting operating system: From inbox to AI nerve center

June 8, 2026 -

With agentic AI, commercial and specialty insurers can move from manual case-by-case underwriting to a machine-first, human-governed model.

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Banking trends snapshot: Finding value from innovation

June 4, 2026 -

Analyzing a decade of banking innovation identifies clear trends for the industry’s direction and how leaders can gain a competitive advantage. Hint: It’s not about doing more.

Case Study

Blackstone’s Legal & Compliance AI transformation started with technology. It succeeded because it put people first

June 8, 2026 -

By first redesigning how decisions flow—clarifying ownership and codifying precedent—the financial services firm was able to rewire its Legal & Compliance group with technology at the core.