The financial advisory services market is expected to grow at a phenomenal 5.8% from 2021 to 2030, which translates into a USD136bn sector[1]. A wealth management advisor is indispensable in the wealth-creation journey, and to be at the top of the game, the advisor needs to stay constantly connected with…

Introduction Climate change and global warming are threats to society and can have detrimental effects on future generations. To combat climate change, it is essential to understand its cause — global warming. Global warming is a natural phenomenon and refers to “greenhouse gases” that trap heat close to the Earth’s…

What is DARQ? DARQ stands for distributed ledger technology (DLT), artificial intelligence (AI), extended reality (XR) and quantum computing. These technologies make up the DARQ framework, which has the potential to revolutionise sectors such as financial services, healthcare and manufacturing. …

Executive summary China’s once rapidly developing real estate sector was an important engine driving the nation’s unprecedented economic growth. However, the sector has been declining since 2021. After several efforts by the government to stabilise the market, we have seen a few positive signs so far this year. …

“Bank confidence is a fragile reed, and a troubled bank is damaged by any rumours, true or not.” — Irvine Sprague, former chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), one of the most preferred banks for startups in the US, was damaged in March when customers…

Introduction ChatGPT is a large language model developed by OpenAI, based on Generative Pre-Trained Transformers (GPT) architecture. It is a powerful tool able to generate natural language responses, answer questions and even write articles. There are different versions of ChatGPT available, ranging from small to large models. The larger models…

Computer vision in finance Computer vision, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered technology, has wide applications across industries. From detecting traffic violations to recognising credit/debit card details, it uses pattern recognition techniques to understand visual data and deliver accurate descriptions. Computer vision model is a software program trained using large number of…

Climate change has a direct impact on fuel supply, energy production and the physical resilience of current and future energy infrastructure. …

Big data refers to the significant amount of structured and unstructured data that organisations gather and analyse to obtain knowledge and improve decision-making. In the banking sector, big data provides information on client transactions, market trends and economic indicators. Banking institutions use big-data analytics to find patterns and trends, spot…