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Systemic risks feared as Amazon cloud eats finance

Group of world's largest fund managers latest to sign up to AWS, prompting concerns over industry safety

Wednesday 6 June 2018 at 21:01

Systemic risks feared as Amazon cloud eats finance
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Technology experts have raised fresh concerns about the financial sector’s over-reliance on Amazon after it emerged several large asset managers have started using the e-commerce giant’s cloud platform.

Financial News has learnt that the US technology company, which already counts a slew of banks, regulators and fintech firms among its customer base, also works with four of the largest fund managers in the world.