How to build a winning tech strategy when nobody's building for you

What happens when your industry needs cutting-edge technology, but nobody's building it for you?

In this episode of The Digital Lighthouse, Zoe Cunningham is joined by Austen Robilliard, Chief Executive at Asher Wealth Consultancy. Known as “The Fund Geek,” Austen is one of Europe's most decorated fund selectors, with 20 years' experience across investment, technology, regulation and compliance.

Together they explore how to set a technology strategy in a market that's chronically underserved by tech vendors, why legacy systems that everyone distrusts often remain the safer bet, and what it really takes to prove — not just claim — that a fund meets its ESG commitments.

You'll hear about:

• Why retail wealth management is stuck with decades-old, hand-me-down technology

• How to weigh the risk of replacing a system that still “just about” works

• Why consumer duty regulation means there's now “nowhere to hide”

• What Moore's Law means for an industry that moves slowly by design

• Why ESG scoring can unfairly favour large companies over genuinely green ones

• Why better data leads directly to better client outcomes

Whether you're setting technology strategy in a niche or underserved market, or simply curious how wealth management works behind the scenes, this episode is a candid look at balancing innovation with the cost of getting it wrong.