Portfolio BI Blog

Cloud-based technologies confer on asset managers a number of operational and strategic benefits at a time when their margins are being badly squeezed.

Ransomware is a significant concern for any firm that holds sensitive data and there has been a 1400% increase in cyber-attacks reported to the FCA since 2014.

The scale of the damage being inflicted on the world economy by cyber-criminals should not be underestimated. The losses incurred by cyber-crime globally are forecast to reach $10.5 trillion by 2025.

In just 10 short years, the global market capitalisation of crypto-assets (i.e. Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc.) has skyrocketed past the $3 trillion barrier.

One of the biggest paradoxes right now facing some financial services firms is their willingness to embrace ESG causes while at the same time waxing lyrical about the benefits of crypto-currencies.

Our entire way of working and running a business has irrevocably changed - both for better and for worse.