The report shines a light on the fundamentals of investor behaviour across six markets in Europe and Asia. It is based on original research carried out by Avaloq in 2023. We conducted an online survey among 3,000 mass-affluent to ultra-high net worth individuals aged 18 and above in Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore to understand what motivates them, which investment methods they use, what their attitude to risk is, which types of investment they favour and which sources inform their investment decisions.

In recent years, Japan's wealth management industry has navigated significant changes, facing both unique challenges and unprecedented opportunities. In 2022, Japan's Prime Minister, Kishida Fumio, noted that over half of Japanese individuals' JPY 2,000 trillion (USD 14.4 trillion) financial assets are held in bank deposits and cash, resulting in slower asset growth compared to the US and UK. This situation presents both a missed opportunity and future potential.

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has gained significant attention lately. The increasing number of creative AI solutions, including well-known ones like ChatGPT, demonstrates the growing awareness among the public regarding AI's potential to enhance productivity.

日本の個人金融資産は総計2,000兆円にのぼり、その半分以上が現金のまま眠っています。しかしインフレ率の上昇と規制の変更によって、ウェルスマネジメントのチャンスが訪れています。日本では人口の高齢化に伴って次世代へと徐々に資産が移転しつつあり、日本の金融機関がデジタル化を取り入れ、このポテンシャルを活かす機運が高まっています。

Gery Zollinger, Head of Data Science and Analytics at Avaloq, an NEC Company, recently shared his views on where artificial intelligence (AI) adoption currently stands in the wealth management sector, how the technology is already being harnessed in the front office and where we can expect to see new use cases emerge.

With the sudden arrival of global lockdowns three years ago, organizations quickly discovered the risk of location dependence and had to act swiftly to simplify client engagement over the internet. This paved the way for an impressive acceleration in digital transformation. Cloud computing technology has been particularly influential in facilitating this trend, with the switch to the cloud allowing companies to offer location-independent services.