The days of fund management as we know it are numbered

Could the future be part-human, part-algorithm?

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Christopher O'Driscoll, head of disruption for financial services at PA Consulting Group, asks if the future could be part-human, part-algorithm.

Disruption among fund managers has already arrived and their success will be determined by how they embrace new technologies in decision making. Some fund managers have made a good career for themselves by researching the performance of businesses around the world, and investing other people's money accordingly. But they won't be advising their children to follow in their footsteps. The end of fund management as we know it is nigh. Looking ahead, the feeling is that the best future careers in fund management will be in building robots to research markets, scan the chatter on social...

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