Digital automation will create more investment opportunities, Investcorp says – The National

Digital automation will create more investment opportunities, Investcorp says – The National

New white paper says there is still a lot of potential to be realised from digitising and automating routine tasks

















Up to 45 per cent of jobs can be automated, with software performing repetitive, rules-based tasks replacing human workers, according to PwC.  Bloomberg







Digital process automation - the practice of automating repetitive, rules-based tasks through technology - can not only drive much-needed productivity gains for the global economy, but can also offer valuable investment opportunities, according to Bahrain-based Investcorp.



Although digitising and automating processes have already been proven to deliver growth and cost optimisation benefits, "we have witnessed disparities in adoption levels across industries and geographies“, the alternative investment manager said in a new white paper, with digital potential realisation standing at just 12 per cent in Europe, for example.



"Despite significant digital transformation in recent years, we are still at a relatively early stage of adoption of a whole range of technological advancements that have the potential to impact all sectors across the world, albeit at varying rates,“ said Daniel Lopez-Cruz, managing director and head of European private equity at Investcorp.





Investcorp, in which Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Investment