SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Domestic investors using robo-advisor services turned out to have a preference for domestic exchange traded funds (ETFs), a brokerage house said Monday. Kiwoom Securities Co. analyzed investment trends of 10,000 customers who set investment goals through the company’s KiwooGo robo-advisor. The analysis showed that the most favored portfolio type [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite this year’s bear market, robo-advisors (RA) have achieved a return rate that surpassed benchmarks in comparison. Robo-advisors, a combination of the words ‘robot’ and ‘advisor,’ automate the distribution of investment assets through computer algorithms. According to Koscom Corp., South Korea’s technology developer for brokerage houses, the rate of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – It’s been a month since Korea began the pilot operation of a robo-advisor for financial investments, and thus far, it has left some positive impressions. According to Koscom, an IT solution company that’s overseeing the test bed, the AI-based system managed to make a profit on all portfolios investing [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The head of South Korea’s financial watchdog on Friday called for local financial services firms to beef up security-related measures for their fast-developing fintech operations. “Responsible innovation is needed in the financial industry,” Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) Governor Zhin Woong-seob said in a forum hosted by the Korea Institute [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will soon begin the process of introducing a full-fledged computer-advised asset management system, the nation’s financial regulator said Sunday. Some brokerage firms here have operated robo-advisors on a limited basis with brokers involved. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) said it plans to first confirm whether the industry [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The latest predictions of the future of the Korean asset management market indicate that the use of robo-advisors, AI-based asset management services, will become more prevalent in coming years. The AI platforms will serve as investment advisors that recommend specific financial products and investment portfolio composition via analysis of [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Would you trust a robot to manage your financial assets? Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) announced upcoming legislation on Sunday that will allow a ‘robo-advisor’, an AI-based asset management service, to serve as an investment advisor and a manager of investors’ financial assets. Although robo-advisors have performed certain financial [...]