tania driessen 9/29/26 tania driessen 9/29/26

Part 5 - Agentic AI in wealth & asset management

Part 4 argued that discretionary management is becoming private banking's default operating model. This final part looks at the technology that actually makes running that model, at scale, for a genuinely broad client base, possible and closes the loop back to where this series started.

tania driessen 9/29/26 tania driessen 9/29/26

Part 4 - Is discretionary portfolio management becoming the default?

Part 3 left private banks with a strategic choice: compete on cost, double down on advisory, or become full wealth orchestrators. This part looks at the operating model banks are actually converging on.

tania driessen 9/24/26 tania driessen 9/24/26

Part 3 - Private banks vs. investment platforms, and who actually wins the Belgian investor.

Belgian investors no longer have to choose between doing it themselves and handing everything over to a private bank. Digital investment platforms have reset expectations around cost, transparency, and control, while private banks still hold an edge where wealth gets complex. As the two models increasingly converge, the real battle is shifting from who manages the money to who can prove they add the most value.

tania driessen 9/17/26 tania driessen 9/17/26

Part 2 - The generational wealth transfer already reshaping what Belgian clients expect.

Belgium’s next great banking shift won’t just be about how much wealth changes hands, but about who inherits it. As billions move to a younger generation of investors, expectations around digital access, investment choice and personalisation are changing with it. The question for Belgian banks is simple: are they ready to change too?

tania driessen 9/15/26 tania driessen 9/15/26

Part 1 - Belgium's liquidity paradox part 1: Why €300 billion still sits in cash

Belgium has no shortage of wealth. It has a problem putting that wealth to work. More than €300 billion continues to sit in savings accounts, despite inflation, changing interest rates, and an increasingly sophisticated investment landscape. Why is Belgian cash so stubbornly sticky and what will finally make it move?

In Part 1 of our five-part series on the future of Belgian wealth management, we explore why the real challenge isn't a lack of investment products, but the behaviour and banking models that keep cash the default.

tania driessen 9/8/26 tania driessen 9/8/26

Article digitalization: The digital laundering playbook: what Belgium's 2025 AML report reveals about the future of financial crime

The CFI's 2025 annual report does not mince words. The digitalisation of the financial sector has brought undeniable benefits for consumers and businesses. It has also handed criminal organisations a significantly more powerful set of tools.

The picture that emerges from the CFI's analysis is not one of technology displacing traditional laundering methods. It is one of integration: digital speed and reach layered onto proven techniques, making the resulting constructions faster to execute and considerably harder to unravel.

tania driessen 8/28/26 tania driessen 8/28/26

CTIF-CFI Annual Report 2025: A Record Year in Numbers

The CTIF-CFI Annual Report 2025 confirms a trend we have been tracking for several years now: reporting volumes keep rising, and the CFI keeps sharpening the tools it uses to turn that volume into effective action against money laundering and terrorist financing.

tania driessen 7/30/26 tania driessen 7/30/26

The AI shift in Financial Services: what's coming, who's leading, and what it means for you

Artificial Intelligence is no longer a “next-gen” idea in financial services, it’s a present-day competitive advantage. By 2027, 83% of financial services firms are expected to have adopted AI technologies, placing the sector among the most deeply impacted industries worldwide.

For consultants and financial institutions alike, this is a critical moment. The window to build internal capabilities, advise strategically, and differentiate through responsible AI use is now.