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Robo Advisers Start to Take Hold in Europe
04.02.2018 Estimates differ, but according to TechFluence, a technology research firm with offices in Frankfurt and London, the European market had assets under management of about $3.5 billion at the end of 2017. That compares with an estimated $200 billion to $250 billion in the U.S., according to Burnmark, a fintech research firm. Estimates of the number of services range from 98 to 126 in Europe, compared with about 200 in the U.S. The European side is growing rapidly, says Michael Mellinghoff, managing director at TechFluence. https://www.wsj.com/articles/robo-advisers-start-to-take-hold-in-europe-1517799781 Die Blockchain-Technologie im Wertpapierbereich 3.2.2018 Sowohl die vielfältigen Anwendun- gen, die auf Blockchain-Technologie bzw. Distributed-Ledger-Technologie (DLT) basieren, als auch die Technologie selbst, erhalten derzeit sehr viel mediale Aufmerksamkeit. Das hat einerseits mit der spektakulären Entwicklung des Bitcoin-Kurses und einiger börsennotierter Unternehmen zu tun, die auf Blockchain setzen, aber vor allem mit den vielfältigen Anwendungsmglichkeiten der Technologie sowohl im Industrie- als auch im Finanzsektor... full_text_2018024009.pdf Download File Im Visier der weltweit grossen Vermögensverwalter 31.07.2017 Es ist höchste Zeit zu überlegen, wie der Kunde der Zukunft sein Geld anlegt», sagt Martin Jennings von Aberdeen Asset Management. Die traditionelle Vermögensverwaltungsbranche dürfe den Sprung ins digitale Zeitalter nicht verpassen, so Jennings im Gespräch mit FuW. Seit gut einem Jahr ist der Brite Digitalchef des schottischen Vermögensverwalters und treibt die Umgestaltung voran. Full text Digitale Vermögensverwaltung wird Marktstandard 07.02.2017 Aktuell werden geschätzte 100 Mrd. Dollar von digitalen Vermögensverwaltern ("Robo-Advice") weltweit verwaltet, etwa 80 % davon in den USA (Quelle: Techfluence). Autor Michael Mellinghoff, Managing Director, TechFluence. https://www.boersen-zeitung.de/index.php?li=1&artid=2017026009 Field of dreams: AI and financial services 31.01.2017 The availability of data is unparalleled today…the key question is how to leverage the insights from data effectively; intelligent automation is the answer!” Michael Mellinghoff, TechFluence, Future of Finance Forum participant https://www.ubs.com/magazines/innovation/en/into-the-future/2017/ai-and-financial-services.html EXPERIMENT ROBO-ADVISOR 26.01.2017 Mellinghoff von Techfluence rechnet mit einem rasanten Wachstum der Branche. „Mich würde es nicht überraschen, wenn es in Europa in fünf bis zehn Jahren 500 Robo-Advisors gäbe“, sagt er. http://www.handelsblatt.com/my/finanzen/banken-versicherungen/digitale-vermoegensverwaltung-experiment-robo-advisor/19302104.html TECHFLUENCE-BERATER ÜBER ROBO-ADVISORS 25.01.2017 „Ohne Vertrauen funktioniert es nicht“. Der Fintech-Berater Michael Mellinghoff spricht im Interview über die Chancen und Risiken für Finanz-Start-ups, computergestützte Geldanlage und. http://www.handelsblatt.com/my/unternehmen/banken-versicherungen/techfluence-berater-ueber-robo-advisors-ohne-vertrauen-funktioniert-es-nicht/19302632.html Struggling robos look for fresh start in B2B market 21.12.2016 Financial technology research firm TechFluence estimates that there are 64 robo-advisers active in Europe, 10 of which went live in 2016…Michael Mellinghoff, managing director of TechFluence, says robo-advisers’ sluggishness at acquiring assets is not yet a cause for panic. http://igniteseurope.com/c/1528103/177353/struggling_robos_look_fresh_start_market Scalable wird zum Bankenkiller 14.12.2016 Europaweit hatten vor Scalable wegen dieser schwierigen Bedingungen erst fünf andere Robo-Advisors die 100-Millionen-Euro-Marke durchbrochen, sagt Michael Mellinghoff von Techfluence http://www.manager-magazin.de/finanzen/artikel/robo-advisor-scalable-durchbricht-100-millionen-euro-marke-a-1125850.html Revealed: Scalable Capital's assets under management grow above €100m ! 14.12.2016. Scalable Capital is one of FinTech Forum's 220+ startup alumni, who had been selected to pitch at one of our 12 events so far since 2013. Scalable debuted on our first edition of FinTech Forum On Tour | InvestTech in London in September 2015. It was their first stage appearance as a startup at all, as we found out later. http://www.techfluence.eu/investtech.html Germany’s Robo-Advisory Sector Is Getting Crowded 09.12.2016 Financial technology research firm TechFluence estimates that there are 64 robo-advisers active in Europe, 10 of which went live in 2016…Michael Mellinghoff, managing director of TechFluence, says robo-advisers’ sluggishness at acquiring assets is not yet a cause for panic. http://fintechnews.ch/roboadvisor_onlinewealth/robo-advisory-germany-sector-is-getting-crowded/8581/ 64 robo advisors in Europe – five cracked the €100m euro mark 06.12.2016 ...Thus it is not surprising that the assets under management globally are only just above $60bn and the majority was collected by traditional houses in the US (as they already built trust in the past). In Europe (including UK) there are currently 64 robo advice firms rendering or preparing their services – and counting! The epicenter of robo advice in Europe is London. 15 of the 18 firms registered in the UK are there. In Germany there are more robos (23 firms)... http://www.techfluence.eu/investtech.html Excellence in Digital Finance, 24th-25th Nov. 2016, Vienna Participants will explore the ultimate trends in the Digital Age, the next big breakthroughs that should be expected from the fintech world, while meeting the brilliant minds in the industry and expand business networks. http://euro-events.co/index.php/events/conferences/108-excellence-in-digital-banking (Samarth Shekhar presented "Unbundling European Finance- FinTech Deal Highlights" as part of the session "How startups reshape banks") Fintech-Preis soll Gründergeist belohnen 18.11.2016 Was lange währt, wird endlich gut: Frankfurt hat mit dem Tech Quartier sein zentrales Dreh- kreuz fˇr die Ansiedelung inno- vativer Unternehmen eröffnet. Die Jury des German FinTech Awards: Michael Mellinghoff, TechFluence, London, and FinTech Forum, Frankfurt. https://www.boersen-zeitung.de/index.php?li=1&artid=2016223017&artsubm=ueberblick&r=Banken%20&%20Finanzen Payments International, 15th-18th Nov. 2016, London 17.11.2016 Payments International brings together an international faculty of 170+ senior speakers – including bankers, disruptors, customers and regulators at the highest level. https://finance.knect365.com/payments-international/agenda/3 (Samarth Shekhar was on the panel of the session: Understanding The FinTech Landscape & Spotting The Unicorns at 10 am on 17th Nov. 2016) Robo Advisory hat erhebliches disruptives Potential Interview mit Michael Mellinghoff, Managing Director Techfluence 09.11.2016 Der Bank Blog: Mit Ihrer FinTech Boutique TechFluence schauen Sie sich den digitalen Wealth Management-Sektor im FinTech-Bereich besonders genau an. Robo Advisor in Deutschland tun sich augenscheinlich schwer, nennenswertes Geschäft mit ihren Geschäftsmodellen aufzubauen. Wie schätzen Sie die Situation in diesem Bereich derzeit ein? Michael Mellinghoff: Zunächst einmal handelt es sich bei den sogenannten Robo Advisern in Europa bisher weitgehend um Jungunternehmen, die zum Teil gerade erst ein Jahr im Markt sind. Da kann man noch nicht allzu viel erwarten. https://www.der-bank-blog.de/robo-advisory-hat-viel-potential/digital-banking/24073/ Does Frankfurt REALLY want to pinch all the jobs from the City? Nein! 17.10.2016 …as Michael Mellinghoff suggests, that London's position as 'unquestioned leader' among the financial centres might change… http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/markets/article-3844898/Does-Frankfurt-REALLY-want-pinch-jobs-City-Nein-German-city-got-things-going-it.html FinTech Belgium Summit 2016, Brussels 13.10.2016 One day to learn all about the latest trends in Fintech, meet all the stakeholders in the Belgian Fintech ecosystem and easily network with your peers at the BNP Paribas Fortis Chancellerie conference location (next to Brussels Central Station). http://fintechsummit.be (Samarth Shekhar was invited to the panel discussion on "Brexit and the opportunities for EU FinTech") DVFA FinTech Forum, DVFA Center Frankfurt 10.10.2016 Am 10. Oktober 2016 findet bereits zum fünften Mal das DVFA FinTech Forum statt, diesmal mit dem Fokus auf Regulierung. Start-up Unternehmen aus sieben verschiedenen Ländern aus den Bereichen RegTech, InvestTech und Blockchain stellen sich im Rahmen eines Beauty Contests dem Publikum. http://www.dvfa.de/konferenzen-foren/foren/fintech-forum.html (Michael Mellinghoff will moderate the Startup Beauty Contest around InvestTech, while Samarth Shekhar will present the FinTech Market Update) Are robo-advisors the ultimate provider of financial choice? 28.09.2016 In a session called Enabling the Investment Management’s Next Era: The Rise of the Robo-Adviser, we heard from…Michael Mellinghoff from Techfluence… http://www.bobsguide.com/guide/news/2016/Sep/28/sibos-day-2-are-robo-advisors-the-ultimate-provider-of-financial-choice/ Frankfurt will Fintechs aus London anziehen 16.08.2016 „Aber der Brexit ist eine Chance für Frankfurt, aufzuholen“, sagt Michael Mellinghoff, Partner des Fintech-Beratungshauses Techfluence in London. http://www.faz.net/aktuell/finanzen/aktien/frankfurts-fintech-zentrum-soll-firmen-anlocken-14389561.html Michael Mellinghoff in interview - FinTech und ETFs: „Revolution der Geldanlage“ 20.05.2016 Immer mehr Banken springen auf den Trend zu FinTech auf. Wie können Anleger das beste Angebot für Robo-Advisory und digitaler Vermögensverwaltung finden? „Das ist nicht nur ein Hype, sondern eine Rovoluition, die die Geldanlage umwälzen wird“, ist Michael Mellinghoff vom Beratungsunternehmen TechFluence überzeugt. Auch Franz Linner, Leiter Finanzportfolio-Management und Treasury bei ebase sieht starken Wettbewerb auf die Banken zukommen. SME Assembly, European Commission, 23rd-25th Nov. 2016, Bratislava Helping Europe’s entrepreneurs reach new heights. The SME Assembly is the most significant event for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe. The conference takes place once a year during the European SME Week. http://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/business-friendly-environment/small-business-act/sme-assembly_en (Michael Mellinghoff was invited to present "Ten Years On", envisioning the European startup & SME landscape in 10 years) Die Fintech-Szene wird erwachsen 18.03.2016 Techfluence schätzt die Größe des Fintech-Segments in den USA und Großbritannien jeweils auf rund acht Milliarden Euro. Deutschland ist mit einem Marktgewicht von 2,4 Milliarden Euro hier noch vergleichsweise klein... http://boerse.ard.de/anlagestrategie/branchen/die-fintech-szene-wird-erwachsen100.html Interview with Michael Mellinghoff from TechFluence 14.12.2015 We talked to Michael Mellinghoff, Managing Director at TechFluence…TechFluence is best known for the FinTech Forum in Frankfurt which the founder of TechFluence, Samarth Shekhar, created in 2013 together with Frank Schwab. https://magazine.fintechweekly.com/articles/interview-mellinghoff Who is moving FinTech forward in continental Europe? 02.10.2015 The people responsible for creating both a great and professional atmosphere at the event were Samarth Shekhar and Michael Mellinghoff. http://empirica.io/blog/who-is-moving-fintech-in-continental-europe-forward-thoughts-after-fintech-forum-on-tour/ FTF on Tour – InvestTech: Insurgents, Incumbents, Investors & FCA innovation hub 28.09.2015 Fintech Forum organized a high quality happening in London focused only on InvestTech, this past Friday… https://dailyfintech.com/2015/09/28/ftf-on-tour-investtech-insurgents-incumbents-investors-fca-innovation-hub/ London lockt Fintech-Firmengründer 25.09.2015 Zwischen 80 und 100 auf Technologien für das Investmentmanagement spezialisierte Startups aus aller Welt wollten sich an der Fachkonferenz «Fintech Forum On Tour – InvestTech» im 20. Stock eines Büroturms im Bankenviertel Canary Wharf präsentieren. https://www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/unternehmen/london-lockt-fintech-firmengruender-1.18619841 London baut mit Fintech die Vormachtstellung aus 01.04.2015 Der Begriff Fintech ist in aller Munde - und ein globales Phänomen. 2007 gingen die ersten Fintech-Startups in Deutschland an den Start: Fidor Bank, Sharewise oder Smava gelten hierzulande als ... https://www.boersen-zeitung.de/index.php?li=1&artid=2015063008 Boom der neuen Generation von Finanzdienstleistern 04.03.2015 Wie wird sich das Venture Capital-Volumen in diesem Segment, das laut Techfluence Consult im vergangenen Jahr 175 Mio. EUR betragen hat, 2015 entwickeln? http://www.vc-magazin.de/allgemein/wagniskapital-nimmt-fintechs-ins-visier/ Samarth Shekhar from FinTech Forum: „4th FinTech Forum event sold out a month in advance" 02.03.2015 FinTech Forum is the first and largest Fintech-community in Continental Europe…a hub for Fintech-Start-ups/SMEs, investors and banks… http://www.crowdbiz.de/samarth-shekhar-from-fintech-forum-4th-fintech-forum-event-sold-out-a-month-in-advance/ Der schnelle Erfolg kommt über Kooperationen mit Finanzdienstleistern 02.03.2015 Wie wird sich das Venture Capital-Volumen in diesem Segment, das laut Techfluence Consult im vergangenen Jahr 175 Mio. EUR betragen hat, 2015 entwickeln? https://www.private-banking-magazin.de/erstes-fintech-forum-in-london-der-schnelle-erfolg-kommt-ueber-kooperationen-mit-finanzdienstleistern-1443629333/ Digital banking: Lessons from the digital disrupters 01.09.2014 Economies need more and faster capital. Bank inefficiencies are actually costing governments money," says Samarth Shekhar, co-founder of FinTech Forum DACH http://www.euromoney.com/Article/3379698/Category/17/ChannelPage/0/Digital-banking-Lessons-from-the-digital-disrupters.html 40 Innovators Shaping the Future of Finance 26.06.2014 There’s a new dawn breaking in finance…Against this backdrop, our sister publication Financial News launches its FinTech 40 power list : Samarth Shekhar, Co-founder FinTech Forum DACH http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/06/23/40-innovators-shaping-the-future-of-finance/ Digitales Anlegen braucht Anschubhilfe, 22nd Dec. 2016 Diese Summen zeigen, wie schwierig es ist, einen Paradigmenwechsel herbeizuführen. «50 Mio. Fr. nach zwei Jahren ist keine schlechte Zahl für einen Anbieter, der bislang unabhängig ist», sagt Robo-Advisor-Spezialist Michael Mellinghoff des Beratungsunternehmens Techfluence. https://www.fuw.ch/article/digitales-anlegen-braucht-anschubhilfe/ FinTech Forum: 3rd Anniversary Edition, 10th Nov. 2016, Frankfurt Counted among the “10 Popular Global fintech startup Events”, the 3rd anniversary edition of FinTech Forum concluded on 10th Nov. 2016 at the Airport Club in Frankfurt Airport. Check out the event in tweets. We were at SIBOS (Innotribe Stand, 26-29 Sep. in Geneva)!
German RoboAdvice arena sees interesting market entry from incumbent Blog: 7th March 2016 On 7th of March 2016 the first German asset management company entered the Robo Advice arena. Union Investment, one of Germany’s biggest players sent VisualVest live. VisualVest was developed as a corporate startup and first online impressions prove that it combines a startup look & feel with high quality. The FTF On Tour | FinTech meets Travel (6th Sep. 2016 in Frankfurt) brought together FinTech startups targeting the $8tn Travel sector. Check out the event in tweets. „Aber der Brexit ist eine Chance für Frankfurt, aufzuholen“, sagt Michael Mellinghoff, Partner des Fintech-Beratungshauses Techfluence in London (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 16.08.16.) We were on the jury of Deutsche Bank's crowd-storm project "Artificially Enhanced Banking" about AI in financial services. Read the interview with TechFluence MD Michael Mellinghoff on "Future Proof Financial Services & FinTech Startups" The Digital Festival 2016 on 21st June 2016 in Brussels will see TechFluence MD Michael Mellinghoff moderate the session "FinTech Startup Pitches & Discussion: Future Trends with the Entrepreneurs" The FTF On Tour | Robo Advice on 8th June 2016 in Berlin brought together twenty leading European startups in the digital investment management space with leading investors, incumbents and regulators. Check out the photo gallery and the event in tweets. wikifolio.com wins European FinTech Award 18.04.2016 wikifolio.com has prevailed in a pitch against Meniga, Number26 and MoneyFarm at the European FinTech Awards in Amsterdam in the category “Personal Finance Management”. “This award is a great reward for the many years of hard pioneering work performed by the team around Andreas Kern”, congratulates juror Michael Mellinghoff, Managing Director of TechFluence. We were invited to present at the Money20/20 Europe, Copenhagen on 4th April 2016. In the session "Unbundling European Finance", we showcased the rise of FinTech in Continental Europe from 2013 to 2015. We were invited to the panel FinTech Ecosystem: Building a World-Class FinTech Hub at the Innovate Finance Global Summit in London on 11th April 2016, to share learnings from FinTech Forum as well as what lies ahead in FinTech in Continental Europe. We were featured in the Frankfurt Main Finance Yearbook 2016: "Nucleus of a FinTech ecosystem in Frankfurt since 2013" Calling FinTech startups in Continental Europe: apply for the 8th FinTech Forum event (10th Nov. 2016 in Frankfurt) Read our analysis of the FinTech scene in 2015 in Germany, Austria & Switzerland: Unbundling European Finance Venture capital discovers German early stage InvestTech Startups Vier neue Mitglieder engagieren sich für den Finanzplatz Frankfurt am Main: ...Das Finanzinstitut Goldman Sachs, die Anwaltskanzlei Taylor Wessing LLP sowie das FinTech-Beratungsunternehmen TechFluence Consult UG bekennen sich zum Finanzplatz Frankfurt. Interview with Michael Mellinghoff from TechFluence FinTech Weekly: 14th Dec. 2015 We talked to Michael Mellinghoff, Managing Director at TechFluence. Being a longtime banking professional with several years of experience with FinTech startups, we asked him about some of the key questions in the industry at the moment. Venture capital discovers German early stage InvestTech #startups Blog: 21st Aug. 2015 In the past few months German startups in the investment universe (hence InvestTech) were able to secure multi million funding rounds. Berlin based robo advisor Cashboard (www.cashboard.de) started off with a buyout of its crowd investors, offering a premium of 48% on the invested capital. Not a bad deal for a 2 year investment. Hence, 70% of the investors grabbed that offer. Fintech’s Five Dark-Horse Cities With global investment in fintech having tripled in the last five years, the financial sector is without a doubt in the midst of a revolution. The leading cities in the global fintech race are relatively unsurprising: Silicon Valley, New York, London and Hong Kong are the epicentres of the investment blast.But it’s the newcomers that are diversifying the market, bringing unique capabilities, outstanding technology and ideal infrastructure to what used to be a stale financial sector. These five dark-horse cities are the top contenders in the global fintech race, and are spearheading innovation in the industry. Crowdbiz Interview: Samarth Shekhar from FinTech Forum: “4th FinTech Forum event sold out a month in advance” (We) were very clear from the beginning about what we won’t do: (1) no theoretical “innovations in banking” event and (2) no mega-events with big-name speakers and 300 people who can’t find each other...To us, the startups are the ones innovating, taking the risk etc. so they take centre stage!To us, the startups are the ones innovating, taking the risk etc. so they take centre stage! Financial Disruption Lab: EXKLUSIVINTERVIEW MIT SAMARTH SHEKHAR: “DER MARKT IST NUN REIF FÜR FINTECH” Ich denke idealerweise sollten die Sieger dieses Rennens um die neue Finanzwelt sowohl aus der traditionellen Welt als auch aus der FinTech Welt kommen. Natürlich kann man aber kaum erwarten, dass eine sehr konservative Bank nur mit Startups arbeitet und letztlich als Sieger aus diesem Rennen hervorgehen wird. Es wird aus meiner Sicht sehr schwierig für etablierte Banken, wenn sie nicht den aktiven Austausch mit den Startups suchen und gegebenenfalls auch Startups akquirieren. Viele der Startups haben bereits eine klare Perspektive, wie die Generation Z oder Y Bankservices in Zukunft nutzen möchte. Diese Player werden daher die Treiber der Veränderung sein. FN FinTech 40: Innovators Shaping the Future of Finance (Financial News / Wall Street Journal): …Shekhar, 40, launched the first forum for the emerging fintech sector in Germany, Austria and Switzerland with Frank Schwab, chief executive of Fidor Tecs, in 2013. FinTech Forum DACH aims to build a network for innovative fintech start-ups in German-speaking Europe, and for investors, accelerators, banks and acquirers…The Forum’s first event, in Frankfurt in 2013, involved 20 start-ups – including Open Bank Project, an open-source APi and app store for banks – presenting to investors and potential buyers such as Credit Suisse. Digital banking: Lessons from the digital disrupters (Euromoney)…”Bank inefficiencies are actually costing governments money,” says Samarth Shekhar, co-founder of FinTech Forum DACH. “The UK is pushing new financial services entrants as it knows it needs its SMEs to start thriving and the banks aren’t funding them.” Achtung, Angreifer! (Wall Street Journal Deutschland): Mehr als 100 sogenannte Fintechs – Tech-Unternehmen mit Banking-Bezug – hat das Netzwerk mit dem Namen Fintech Forum DACH im März in Deutschland gezählt… FinTech Startups liegen im Trend (Der Bank Blog): … Vor kurzem hatte ich die Gelegenheit, an einer Tagung teilzunehmen, bei der sich 20 Startups mit Innovationen aus dem Bereich Finanzdienstleistungen einem professionellen Publikum aus Banken und Venture Capital Unternehmen vorstellten. Besonders bemerkenswert war, dass die Veranstaltung nicht in London, Singapur, San Franzisco oder New York stattfand, sondern in Frankfurt. Veranstalter war das FinTech Forum DACH, gegründet von Frank Schwab und Samarth Shekhar. Bericht vom zweiten FinTech Forum D-A-CH (Bankstil): Wie wichtig Veranstaltungen wie das FinTech Forum D-A-CH für ein Land wie Deutschland sind, wird deutlich, wenn man sich volkswirtschaftliche Bedeutung von (FinTech-) Startups in Ländern wie den USA, Großbritannien sowie in Skandinavien vor Augen führt. Dank an die Ausrichter und mehr davon! 2104 FinTech funding in D.A.CH crosses $100mn (Innotribe / Sibos in Boston): Speaking in the session Opportunities for collaboration – FinTech ecosystem,FinTech Forum Co-Founder Samarth Shekhar summarized the fast-growing fintech scene in German-speaking and Central Europe. FinTech startup funding in 2014 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland – already past $100 mn (Kreditech, Auxmoney,Traxpay, Numbrs, Wikifolio etc.) – is set to exceed the total investments between 2011-2013. This is based on the Forum’s upcoming study, initial results of which will be presented at their third event (20th Nov. 2014 in Frankfurt). The time is ripe to change the banking system (Financial Services Club Blog): There are plenty of innovations taking place in the world of finance and technology, and yet most appear to be London-based after the creation of the London fintech City…In fact Germany, Austria and Switzerland are a relative hotbed of fintech innovation too, as the FinTechForum.de demonstrates. Die Banken unterschätzen die Gefahr durch Fintechs“ (Wall Street Journal Deutschland): …Etwa 100 junge, kleine Unternehmen, die an der Schnittstelle zwischen Finanzdienstleistungen und Technologie tätig sind, hat das Netzwerk mit dem Namen FinTech Forum DACH alleine in Deutschland identifiziert. Gegründet im Juli 2013 von einem Ex-Banker und einem Berater soll es Startups, Investoren und Banken auf Veranstaltungen zusammenbringen. Bericht über das 2. FinTech Forum DACH (Finance ZweiNull): …Die Veranstaltung war sehr kurzweilig und durchweg gelungen. Über den Veranstaltungsort könnte man vielleicht nochmal nachdenken. Er symbolisierte eher „old school banking“ statt moderner „startup Kultur“ Ich werde also wieder kommen, wenn ich darf. Fintech Forum DACH – klein und anders (Next Finance Blog): …fand jedoch mit wesentlich weniger Teilnehmern in einer privat-exklusiven Atmosphäre des Frankfurt Airportclub statt – das übrigens bereits zum zweiten Mal, insofern war man mit dieser Art des Start-up-Casting der Vorreiter in Deutschland. Digtal Finance: Noch geringes Investitionsvolumen in die Finanzdienstleister der nächsten Generation (Blick Log): In einem Post auf FinExtra wies Samarth Shekhar vom FinTech Forum deutschsprachiger Länder DACH gestern darauf hin, dass derzeit weniger als 2% des globalen Investitionsvolumen für neue Finanzunternehmen in den DACH-Staaten verwendet werden…Immerhin konnte Shekhar zusammen mit Frank Schwab, Vorstandssprecher der Fidor Tecs AG, 100 Startups mit Bezug zum Banking identifizieren. Eine Zusammenfassung der Studie ist hier zu finden. FinTech Forum sucht „neue Hasen“, die die Finanzwelt verändern wollen (Rhein-Main-Startups): …Das FinTech Forum DACH ist die erste Initiative, die FinTech Startups und KMUs im deutschsprachigen Raum mit interessierten Investoren, Mentoren, Banken und Partnern zusammen bringt. “FinTech” steht für Revolution im 20. Jahrhundert: Beispiel Online Banking(FastBill Blog): Zwar merkte Samarth Shekhar von Finextral letztes Jahr in seinem viel beachteten Artikel über die FinTech-StartUps richtigerweise an, dass in Deutschland in diesem Bereich im Vergleich mit Großbritannien oder den USA noch viel Entwicklungsbedarf besteht: Deutschlands Anteil betrug damals gerade mal 0,6% (im Vergleich: Großbritannien 30%, USA 70%). Der Venture Capital-Markt in Deutschland aus Sicht der FinTech – Startups(BankStil): Der Markt für Wagniskapital in Deutschland hinkt nach allgemeiner Auffassung dem vergleichbarer Länder hinterher. Das gilt vor allem für den Bereich der FinTech-Startups, wie Samarth Shekhar vor einigen Wochen herausgearbeitet hat. Inzwischen mehren sich jedoch die Zeichen, dass sich daran etwas ändert. So hat der bereits erwähnte Shekhar zusammen mit Frank Schwab das FinTech Forum DACH ins Leben gerufen. FinTech Forum among “10 Popular Global fintech startup Events”. Don't miss the 8th FinTech Forum (10th Nov. in Frankfurt), the 3rd anniversary of the event series started in Nov. 2013, where we will summarise a 3-year journey "FinTech in D.A.CH - Then and Now". The FTF On Tour | FinTech meets Travel (6th Sep. 2016 in Frankfurt) brought together FinTech startups targeting the $8tn Travel sector. Check out the event in tweets. „Aber der Brexit ist eine Chance für Frankfurt, aufzuholen“, sagt Michael Mellinghoff, Partner des Fintech-Beratungshauses Techfluence in London (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 16.08.16.) We were on the jury of Deutsche Bank's crowd-storm project "Artificially Enhanced Banking" about AI in financial services. Read the interview with TechFluence MD Michael Mellinghoff on "Future Proof Financial Services & FinTech Startups" The Digital Festival 2016 on 21st June 2016 in Brussels will see TechFluence MD Michael Mellinghoff moderate the session "FinTech Startup Pitches & Discussion: Future Trends with the Entrepreneurs" The FTF On Tour | Robo Advice on 8th June 2016 in Berlin brought together twenty leading European startups in the digital investment management space with leading investors, incumbents and regulators. Check out the photo gallery and the event in tweets. We were invited to present at Money20/20 Europe, Copenhagen on 4th April 2016. In the session "Unbundling European Finance", we showcased the rise of FinTech in Continental Europe from 2013 to 2015. We were invited to the panel FinTech Ecosystem: Building a World-Class FinTech Hub at the Innovate Finance Global Summit in London on 11th April 2016, to share learnings from FinTech Forum as well as what lies ahead in FinTech in Continental Europe. We were featured in the Frankfurt Main Finance Yearbook 2016: "Nucleus of a FinTech ecosystem in Frankfurt since 2013" Calling FinTech startups in Continental Europe: apply for the 8th FinTech Forum event (10th Nov. 2016 in Frankfurt) Read our analysis of the FinTech scene in 2015 in Germany, Austria & Switzerland: Unbundling European Finance Venture capital discovers German early stage InvestTech Startups Vier neue Mitglieder engagieren sich für den Finanzplatz Frankfurt am Main: ...Das Finanzinstitut Goldman Sachs, die Anwaltskanzlei Taylor Wessing LLP sowie das FinTech-Beratungsunternehmen TechFluence Consult UG bekennen sich zum Finanzplatz Frankfurt. FinTech? It is high time for InvestTech! Download an excerpt of our 2nd Study of FinTech, covering over 200 Startups in D.A.CH & C.E.E. and contributions from startups and investors who have "been there and done it" Germany's FinTech rising stars- and their investors: our first attempt - back in 2013 - to summarize FinTech investment and deals in D.A.CH region. 7 Facts about the record ~$175M fintech funding in Germany / D.A.CH in 2014 2/22/2015 FinTech Funding in Germany, Austria & SwitzerlandThis was a landmark year for fintech, and for us here at FinTech Forum- see the highlights – thanks to all those who joined the FinTech Forum community through our events, newsletters, Q&As, studies and as FinTech Autobahn members. We will be back in the 2nd week of January after a short break. The FinTech Forum team wishes a happy holiday season, and an even more successful 2015: to the startups, investors, financial institutions and tech firms creating the future of financial services! Here are the seven takeaways from our analysis of the fintech funding in the region:
This article was originally included in our last newsletter before the holidays, but if you missed it, here it is again! If you would like to join us at our next event on 19th March, 2015 in Frankfurt, do request a place here (our previous event sold out six weeks in advance!) Wish you a great start to the year! |
Robo Advice market in Germany crosses €1bn in assets
Fueled by the cooperation between Scalable Capital and ING Bank the assets under management (AuM) in Germany as of end of November 2017 for the first time crossed the € 1bn mark to €1.2bn (+ 40% compared to our update in September 2017). http://www.techfluence.eu/investtech.html Scalable Capital develops the robo advice market in Germany and Europe It seems to become a pleasant tradition to update our TechFluence blog whenever milestones happen in the development of the digital wealth market - and very often in the recent past it was linked to Scalable Capital...The overall AuM in Europe are €2,1bn according to our own research. The number of robo advice offers in Europe has increased to 87. http://www.techfluence.eu/investtech.html Robo Advice in Germany – a summer update Comdirect, the listed subsidiary of Commerzbank, recently announced that it collected in excess of €100m in their newly launched robo advice solution labelled Cominvest. TechFluence took the opportunity to focus on the German robo advice scene including an assessment of the assets under management in Germany. Read more: http://www.techfluence.eu/investtech.html 9th FinTech Forum (21st Sep. 2017, Frankfurt am Main) Since 2013, FinTech Forum (FTF) selects ca. 15 most promising FinTech startups in Continental Europe and brings them together with leading investors and financial institutions. The 250+ startups on stage so far at FTF and FTF On Tour events have gone on to raise over $230M across 45+ funding rounds. Register here: http://www.fintechforum.de/english/ Unbundling European Finance launch at Money2020 Europe We were on stage at Europe's largest FinTech event, (26-28 June 2017, Copenhagen) presenting the key results from our annual research covering over 300 transactions in the session Unbundling European Finance - who is buying and investing in whom in FinTech? FTF On Tour | High-Tech meets Finance (30-31 May 2017, Bonn)
Which up and coming high-tech startups could change the game in financial services? FinTech Forum | On Tour will be at the HTGF Family Day, the annual invitation-only event of Germany’s largest venture capital fund, on 30-31 May, 2017 in Bonn– selecting and meeting the high-tech startups we think financial institutions, VCs and FinTech firms should watch out for. Learn more about the event or check out the startup pitch videos: http://www.fintechforum.de/ontour/ 6. DVFA FinTech Forum (6th June 2017, DVFA Center, Frankfurt) Keynote: AI und die Finanzdienstleistungsindustrie- Hans-Christian Boos | CEO & Founder, Arago Presenting startups: AsiaFundManagers • Catana Capital • Firamis • FundApps • Ginmon • Giromatch • NDGIT • Otly TechFluence is a co-initiator of the event. http://www.dvfa.de/konferenzen-foren/foren/fintech-forum.html FinTech Germany Awards (26th Apr. 2017, Frankfurt) TechFluence was a co-host of the FinTech Germany Award in Frankfurt, in close cooperation with Börsen-Zeitung, Frankfurt Main Finance and Business Angels Frankfurt Rhein Main. Congratulations to all the winners of the evening. We are very proud that both LIQID and Bitbond are alumni of FinTech Forum. A jury of 16 selected the FinTech startups this year: http://fintechgermanyaward.de/jury/ Coverage of the event: Wirtschaftswoche Fintechs: Frühlingsgefühl bei europäischen Startups; Börsen Zeitung (via Business Angel FRM): FinTech Gründer ausgezeichnet Number of robo advisors in Europe increases by 10%, one third in Germany 02.05.2017. TechFluence research shows that as of end of April 2017 there are 73 Robo advisors in Europe. More than a third of them are based in Germany (26), followed by 19 in UK and 5 in Switzerland. The hub with the highest number of provider's in Europe is London (16), also home to Europe's largest digital wealth manager nutmeg with estimated £700m in assets under management. http://www.techfluence.eu/investtech.html 
Germany’s Robo-Advisory Sector Is Getting Crowded
09.12.2016. With 23 robo-advisors, Germany is Europe’s most crowded market when it comes to automated, algorithm-based portfolio management advice services. According to reports from Techfluence, there are currently some 64 robo-advisors in Europe, with the two predominant markets being Germany and London, with 23 and 13 platforms respectively. The two locations are followed by Zurich and Paris, with four platforms respectively. http://fintechnews.ch/roboadvisor_onlinewealth/germanys-robo-advisory-sector-is-getting-crowded/8581/ More news and updates |