{"id":42811,"date":"2026-08-12T07:26:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T07:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/?p=42811"},"modified":"2026-08-13T11:57:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T11:57:06","slug":"global-study-reveals-asset-managers-are-concerned-about-the-risks-that-ai-introduces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/global-study-reveals-asset-managers-are-concerned-about-the-risks-that-ai-introduces\/","title":{"rendered":"Global study reveals asset managers are concerned about the risks that AI introduces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"snk-section snk-section_xs\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container container-xs\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"snk-section-headline\">Firms are racing to adopt AI, but few have built the data foundation that can reduce the risks that come with it<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row snk-textColumns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Artificial intelligence is becoming more deeply embedded in asset management operations, but new research from <a href=\"https:\/\/cwan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clearwater Analytics<\/a> finds that firms are deeply concerned about the risks it introduces, from data governance to regulatory compliance.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"snk-section snk-section_xs\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container container-xs\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row snk-textColumns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Clearwater\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/cwan.com\/resources\/reports\/genai-and-the-data-divide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gen AI and Data Divide<\/a> study, which polled insurance asset managers, hedge funds, private markets specialists, and general asset managers, finds that while AI offers clear efficiency and alpha-generation opportunities, it also introduces new vulnerabilities that firms must actively manage.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"snk-section snk-section_xs\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container container-xs\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row snk-textColumns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Culture and Capability<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The most striking finding concerns the gap between adoption and readiness. Nearly two-thirds (62%) of asset managers are concerned they lack the skills and experience to use AI effectively, with 43% describing themselves as very concerned.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"snk-section snk-section_xs\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container container-xs\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row snk-textColumns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>More than half (52%) are separately concerned that internal culture and resistance to change will slow adoption and readiness. These findings suggest that for many firms, the biggest barrier to realizing AI\u2019s potential isn\u2019t the technology itself. It could be the organization culture surrounding it.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"snk-section snk-section_xs\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container container-xs\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row snk-textColumns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Technology Risk<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At the heart of firms\u2019 AI concerns lies a fundamental question of trust.&nbsp; Can they rely on what the technology produces?&nbsp; Two thirds (67%) of asset managers are concerned about data governance, reliability, and integrity risks, while 64% are concerned about operational risks.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"snk-section snk-section_xs\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container container-xs\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row snk-textColumns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Given the increasing number of asset managers using AI to support investment decision making, 64% of those participating in the research say they are worried about model\/algorithm transparency, explainability, and bias. In addition, 62% are concerned about hallucinations where AI generates plausible sounding but false information and presents it as true.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"snk-section snk-section_xs\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container container-xs\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row snk-textColumns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Compliance Burden<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>More than half (55%) of global asset managers say they are concerned about the regulatory risks of AI, with 30% saying they are very concerned. A similar amount (58%) of asset managers are worried about the financial risk from AI, including management of credit, market, and fraud risks. Finally, 64% say they are worried about the implementation costs of AI.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"snk-section snk-section_xs\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container container-xs\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row snk-textColumns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To help mitigate AI-enabled risks, nearly all (93%) of asset managers surveyed agree that the best approach is to balance human expertise with technology, using AI to augment or empower risk teams rather than replace them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Souvik Das, CTO at Clearwater Analytics, said<\/strong>: \u201cWhat struck me most in this research is how often the same root cause appears, no matter which risk we asked about. Underneath the concerns about skills, culture, governance, and compliance sits one common thread. Firms don\u2019t yet fully trust the data feeding their AI. That\u2019s a natural stage for any technology this new to move through. The firms navigating it well are the ones treating their data with the same care they bring to the technology itself. That&#8217;s what turns AI from something people double-check into something they can rely on to tell them the truth about the risk in front of them.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eine Clearwater-Analytics-Studie zeigt: Asset Manager nutzen KI zunehmend, sind jedoch stark besorgt \u00fcber Risiken. Genannt werden Daten-Governance (67%), operative Risiken (64%), fehlende Skills (62%) und kulturelle H\u00fcrden (52%). Auch Regulierung, Kosten und Bias bereiten Sorgen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":643,"featured_media":42814,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_co_authors":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"type_content":[659,21],"class_list":["post-42811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-markets","type_content-analysis","type_content-report"],"acf":{"homepage_featured_article":true},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/643"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42811"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43086,"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42811\/revisions\/43086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42811"},{"taxonomy":"type_content","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type_content?post=42811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}