Are Advisors Ready To Embrace Artificial Intelligence?

By Hugh Massie via Iris.xyz

And the hits keep coming, so to speak. Never has every move, decision, and interaction with clients of financial advisors been analyzed to this degree. And that will only become more prevalent. Any form of questionable practice will be identified and challenged. It begs the question, are financial advisors ready to embrace artificial intelligence?

And the hits keep coming, so to speak. Never has every move, decision, and interaction with clients of financial advisors been analyzed to this degree. And that will only become more prevalent. Any form of questionable practice will be identified and challenged. It begs the question, are financial advisors ready to embrace artificial intelligence?

The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to monitor regulatory compliance is a conversation that is heating up, not just within financial services firms, but within regulatory agencies who are now considering both AI and machine-learning tools to enforce compliance.

This increased automation using AI focuses on Know Your Customer (KYC) rules, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) rules, and tax reporting.

AI isn’t all about policing the industry; its broader use can be used for financial advisors to analyze and understand how account holders spend, invest and make financial decisions, so they can customize the advice they give. The role of the financial advisor will change significantly as machines take over routine aspects of the service offering. The gap left is the key to improving the financial service.

Many organizations that deliver support to financial advisors recognize the importance of understanding people before numbers in financial planning. These organizations tend to be early adopters of AI.

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