By Stephen Wall, Founder - The Wealth Mosaic Could it be that 2026 will be the most impactful and far-reaching year to date in terms of the role of technology in and around the global wealth management sector? Sure, we’ve been here before. We’ve heard the hype. Every year, analyst and consultant reports come with game-changing headlines, and the pressure has built up, with a reaction imminent. The tipping point is upon us. But wealth management and probably many other indust

By Jörg Held, Head of Portfolio Management at ETHENEA Independent Investors S.A.   Something is brewing in Japan. As the country elects a new parliament on February 8, 2026, the financial world is watching Tokyo with a mix of admiration and naked fear. It is the story of a nation that is simultaneously the world’s largest debtor and one of its most powerful creditors—and whose next political decision could send the global “carry trade” plunging into the abyss.   The Japan Pa

By Dāvis Ziediņš, Member of the Investment Platforms Expert Group of Fintech Latvia Association and Head of Business Development at Debitum Investments . Latvia has rapidly become the European Union’s strongest hub for licensed investment platforms, capturing a remarkable share of the continent’s fast-growing peer-to-peer and alternative investment market. There are more than a hundred regulated and unregulated investment platforms in Europe, but Latvia’s platforms account

By Frank Schooneveldt, Managing Director Akkuro Savings & Investments The introduction of a Belgian capital gains tax is part of a broader European shift: more targeted taxation of realized gains, combined with maintaining or recalibrating existing regimes in countries such as France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. It is tempting to narrow the debate to rates and effective dates, yet the real questions are neutrality, execution simplicity and transparency for long‑term

By Anders Viskum CEO Nordics and Co-founder Ken Gamskjaer CEO and Co-founder - Aleta The next generation of wealth owners is placing new demands on their wealth managers, and they expect AI to be part of the client experience. A major generational shift is underway. Within just a few years, billions of dollars will change hands, and according to a new Capgemini report , 81% of next-generation wealthy individuals plan to switch wealth managers after inheritance. The data point

Uniting Europe’s capital markets by consolidating issuance, custody, trading, and settlement  of securities into a regulated system built on DLT.  Press release - Capital markets infrastructure provider Axiology has secured €5 million in seed funding to  introduce new tokenised securities capabilities under the EU DLT Pilot Regime . The new  capital enables Axiology to expand its already operational system, bringing the full lifecycle  of digital fixed-income instruments int

By Charlene Cooke, BBD Executive For much of the last three decades, wealth management has competed on product. Better funds, smarter structures, more sophisticated wrappers. That logic no longer holds. Across Europe, wealth and private banking operate in a mature, saturated market where investment products are increasingly comparable. The differentiator has shifted away from what is sold to how easily it can be delivered, managed and sustained over time. This is where Wealt

How UNCHAIN 2026 Brings Europe’s Banks Face to Face with Execution Gaps, Infrastructure Risk, and the Limits of Automation Press release - Oradea, Romania, 27.01.2026 Over the past five years, the financial ecosystem across Central and Eastern Europe has undergone a quiet but profound transformation. What began as an urgent push for digitisation has evolved into a deeper reconfiguration of how finance is built, distributed, and experienced, from the unbundling of legacy banki