AI Innovation
The LLM Landscape Changes on a Dime: How Financial Services Can Keep Up
The pace of innovation in large language models is accelerating so rapidly that what is cutting-edge today might be obsolete in six months. This creates a fascinating challenge for financial services firms building intelligent automation around compliance, risk assessment, and regulatory reporting.
Read MoreThe Intelligence Revolution for Financial Services is Just Beginning
The conversations I’m having with operations leaders in financial services tell a consistent story: everyone understands AI’s potential, but the gap between understanding and implementation remains frustratingly wide.
Read MoreThe £97 Billion Question: Why Financial Services Can’t Afford to Ignore AI
The numbers are staggering. Financial services worldwide are projected to invest £97 billion in artificial intelligence by 2027, representing a compound annual growth rate of 29%. Yet despite this massive commitment, many decision-makers still ask: “Where do we start?”
Read MoreAI in Financial Services: Beyond the Hype to Practical Innovation
Gartner research has shown a high failure rate of AI projects, with a majority of projects not moving past the Proof of Concept stage. As AI is implemented in financial services, it is imperative that organisations maintain clarity about what actually works versus what is just noise.
Read MoreBreak Free: Why Your AI Strategy Needs to be LLM-Agnostic
Microsoft has just announced their Copilot Wave 2 spring release, touting new capabilities like AI-powered search, Copilot Notebooks, and an Agent Store for accessing specialised reasoning agents. Whilst these developments certainly represent progress, they highlight a critical concern for forward-thinking organisations: the risk of vendor lock-in. When you build your knowledge bases, workflows, and custom…
Read MoreThe AI Implementation Gap in Asset Management: Practitioners vs Pontificators
A recent SimCorp survey revealed that 75% of investment operations leaders understand AI’s potential benefits but need more guidance on practical implementation. This statistic perfectly captures our industry’s current state—recognising the transformative power of AI while grappling with how to deploy it effectively.
Read MoreWhy Human-Tech Synergy Matters in Asset Management
Technology alone doesn’t drive transformation. The most successful implementations emerge when we focus on the synergy between human expertise and technological capability.
Read MoreHow AI is Transforming Financial Services
The financial services industry is awash with AI buzzwords, but beneath the marketing jargon lies genuine transformative potential. As someone who has spent the last five years at the intersection of AI and financial services in my work with Mark Goodey, I’ve observed that the most successful implementations aren’t simply bolting technology onto existing processes;…
Read MoreAgentic AI: Transforming Financial Services Beyond Generic Solutions
Technology evolves at an accelerating rate, and we are currently witnessing a significant transformation. Agentic AI, artificial intelligence systems that independently pursue goals, make decisions, and take actions with minimal human intervention, is set to fundamentally change how financial services operate. As someone deeply embedded in the financial services technology landscape, I’ve been following the…
Read MoreBeyond the Hype: How AI is Transforming Asset Management Today
Next month, at TSAM London, we will discuss AI’s real-world impact beyond the hype cycle. Before we dive in, I want to share how we are already putting these principles into practice at AI infin8. The investment operations landscape is experiencing a fundamental shift. A recent Simcorp survey revealed that 75% of investment operations leaders recognise AI’s potential…
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