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How AI could reshape the economics of the asset management industry

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Amid mounting margin pressure, asset management firms must transform technology from a cost driver into a true enabler of scalable productivity.
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Global Banking Annual Review 2024: Attaining escape velocity
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In coming years, the “management quotient” will spell the difference between industry leaders and laggards.
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Global Insurance Report 2025: The pursuit of growth
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Finding profitable growth is an imperative for the world’s personal and commercial property and casualty insurers, while life carriers must adjust to changing consumer needs.
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The future of AI in the insurance industry
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Only a few insurers have extracted outsize value from AI to gain a competitive edge. Joining their ranks requires a strategic, comprehensive approach that rewires the enterprise.
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The European asset management industry: Navigating volatile times
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Macroeconomic uncertainty and weaker profits are forcing the industry to rethink its business and operating models.
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Deploying AI at speed and scale: Talking with ING’s Marnix van Stiphout
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How a focus on scope, safety, and speed helped the Dutch multinational bank deploy its gen AI transformation quickly and effectively.
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AI meets insurtechs: How firms can close the global protection gap
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The insurtech industry is evolving. AI can help pioneering insurers address underinsured areas and better prevent risks.
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Direct insurance in Europe: A growth trajectory for the future
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Leaders gathered for the 2025 Direct Insurance Forum in Barcelona to discuss opportunities for direct insurance during a time of growth, the potential of AI, and other top-of-mind topics.
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Building a world-class mobile-banking app
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Four capabilities can position a mobile-banking app as the market leader and improve efficiency and customer experience and acquisitions.
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Is the Asian auto insurance industry ready for the cars of the future?
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The demand of an evolving auto insurance landscape will give rise to a new age of insurance startups.
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Digital Banking: Speed, scale, and the agentic arms race
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The power of AI-based agents to transform banking was on display at McKinsey’s 22nd Global Digital Banking Conference where participants also heard expert perspectives on geopolitics and digital acceleration.
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