IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/aza/jdb000/y2017v2i1p58-73.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Trends and initiatives about robo-advisers: Pioneering unexplored areas in Japan

Author

Listed:
  • Yanagawa, Eiichiro

    (Senior Analyst in the Asian Financial Services Group, Celent, The Imperial Hotel Tower 13F 1-1-1 Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0011, Japan)

Abstract

This paper addresses trends in FinTech, with a focus on the burgeoning robo-adviser industry and the unique attributes of Japan’s market. This report examines pioneering robo-adviser efforts, technology, business areas ripe for development and the outlook for the FinTech boom. Japan differs from other markets in terms of the diversity of individual asset holdings, the retail investment environment and the level of financial literacy. Despite this vastly different business environment there is immense potential – a blue ocean – for robo-adviser services. This report introduces a spate of recent, innovative initiatives in Japan, identifying technology and business areas ripe for development and challenges that will require attention.

Suggested Citation

  • Yanagawa, Eiichiro, 2017. "Trends and initiatives about robo-advisers: Pioneering unexplored areas in Japan," Journal of Digital Banking, Henry Stewart Publications, vol. 2(1), pages 58-73, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:aza:jdb000:y:2017:v:2:i:1:p:58-73
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://hstalks.com/article/2220/download/
    Download Restriction: Requires a paid subscription for full access.
    File URL: https://hstalks.com/article/2220/
    Download Restriction: Requires a paid subscription for full access.
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    robo-advisor services; wealth management; automated advice; sell-side business model; retail investor appetite; negative interest rate;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services
    • E5 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:aza:jdb000:y:2017:v:2:i:1:p:58-73. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Henry Stewart Talks (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.