FinTech Magazine - March 2021 | Page 56

INVESTING AND WEALTH

MANAGEMENT IN THE NEW NORMAL

Nino Ulsamer , Co-Founder and CTO , expounds StashAway ’ s new approach to investment based on customer-centricity , data and automation
WRITTEN BY : WILL GIRLING
PRODUCED BY : MICHAEL BANYARD

Digital technology has the capability to democratise the instruments of financial services in previously inconceivable ways ; what used to be tools reserved for professionals are now being made available to the general public on intuitively designed , tech-enhanced platforms . Headquartered in Singapore , StashAway was founded in 2016 upon the principles of providing bespoke , affordable and high-quality digital solutions for wealth management , and it ’ s a mission that continues to this day . Nino Ulsamer , Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer , spoke with us about how the company started and its goals in the APAC ( Asia- Pacific ) market .

“ It was more than five years ago that I met Michele ( Ferrario , CEO and Co-Founder ), who , at the time , was looking for a business partner to start a new company ,” recounts Ulsamer . Ferrario , a successful and experienced entrepreneur with established businesses in North America , Europe and Asia , was dissatisfied with investment
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