Jusletter IT

A Legal Framework for Robo-Advisors

  • Author: Pablo Sanz Bayón
  • Category: Articles
  • Region: Spain
  • Field of law: Robotics
  • Collection: Conference proceedings IRIS 2018
  • Citation: Pablo Sanz Bayón, A Legal Framework for Robo-Advisors, in: Jusletter IT 22 February 2018
The aim of this paper is to offer a broad framework to allow a better understanding of the current legal situation of Robo-Advisory. The disruption of robo-advisors as new market players in the financial sector are bringing new challenges that the regulators must face in the short term. For this reason, at this time, it is necessary to delve into some key aspects that regulators should consider in order to create and implement efficient regulation of this new phenomenon. The goal of this work is to clarify some aspects in order to understand Robo-Advisory from the legal point of view, taking into account the determinant uses of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Digital Technologies to the financial services, with a brief and particular focus on the European Financial Market Regulation.

Table of contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Some Reasons Beyond the Emergence of Robo-Advisors
  • 3. Some Basics about the Meaning and Scope of Robo-Advisory
  • 4. Horizons for a Robo-Advisory's Legal Framework
  • 5. Ideas about the Legal Forms for Robo-Advisors.
  • 6. Main Regulatory Requirements for Robo-Advisors
  • 7. Information and Data Management in Robo-Advisory
  • 8. Final Remarks on Legal Policy
  • 9. References

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