Gen AI in Asset Management: Key takeaways from New York Symposium

We hosted our Gen AI in Asset Management Symposium in New York on 8th Oct 2026, bringing together around 50 leading investors, AI innovators and industry practitioners. Live polling shows 57% of respondents said AI programs are led by tech teams versus 43% by investment teams; 38% report broad departmental adoption or some use-cases in production, though production-scale deployment lags Hong Kong/London (38% vs 52%/54%); 45% use AI for 3-5 hours per day versus 36%/20%/29% in HK/London/Singapore; 74% take a hybrid build-and-buy approach; Microsoft Copilot (48%) is the most widely available tool; compliance and data security (68%) is the biggest bottleneck to scaling, followed by integration with existing systems (18%). 41% have access to more than 20 AI agents while 27% have none;