Glacier Quarterly 3 - 2018
This issue of the Glacier Quarterly focuses on technology and its impact on our industry. We recently launched our first Artificial Intelligence fund – the Glacier AI Flexible Fund of Funds – which uses machine-learning technologies to address investors’ main concern, that of capital loss.
This issue of the Glacier Quarterly focuses on technology and its impact on our industry. We recently launched our first Artificial Intelligence fund – the Glacier AI Flexible Fund of Funds – which uses machine-learning technologies to address investors’ main concern, that of capital loss.
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MILLENNIALS AND FINANCE<br />
The future of the financial<br />
services industry –<br />
millennials and beyond<br />
Over the past few years, organisations<br />
have been focusing extensively on<br />
the millennial market – the age group<br />
born between 1980 and 2000. This<br />
group’s views on customer<br />
engagement have revolutionised the<br />
way brands interact with their clients.<br />
This digital generation is still in the<br />
early stages of their career, but they<br />
are also decision- makers in the B2C<br />
and B2B space. As an industry, we’re<br />
better served by understanding what<br />
products and services millennials<br />
want and how they want to be<br />
engaged and retained as clients.<br />
Their affinity with the digital world<br />
is a defining characteristic of the<br />
millennial generation. Africa is the<br />
youngest continent in the world<br />
and a mobile-first tech continent,<br />
meaning that exposure to technology/<br />
digital has a significant impact on<br />
young adults in South Africa.<br />
Millennials are the largest demographic<br />
in the marketplace and<br />
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