Marketing Attribution for Asset Managers: Why It Breaks and What to Measure

The last mile in asset management: a click and a download are visible, then a dashed line to the bank shelf, then the mandate. 57 percent of EU retail fund flow sits behind banks.

Distribution & GTM · The Last Mile Every asset manager I meet wants to prove marketing moves flow. Almost none can, because the flow ends inside a bank shelf they do not own. Here is why attribution breaks, and the four layers you can actually measure. Victor Roodhorst · roodhorst.eu · August 2026 · 7 … Read more

AI Act Marketing Compliance for European Financial Services

AI act marketing compliance - Notes from a European Operator

AI · Asset Management · European Distribution the distribution engine these rules constrain is where compliance bites. the AI layer behind these rules is measured in the Observatory. The AI Act’s marketing clock runs out August 2 and the risk team is not the only one exposed Everyone in European asset management is watching the … Read more

The People Warning About an AI Bubble Are the Ones Building It

The people warning about an AI bubble are the ones building it. Q3 2026 is when the thesis gets tested.

Victor Roodhorst · roodhorst.eu · July 2026 · 3 min read I run a small tracker on ~85 marketing, tech and AI leaders across European asset managers, insurers, banks and fintechs. This week’s read: caution and commitment are showing up in the same sentences. The warning is real. The build-out is not slowing. Two CIOs … Read more