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David Goldman of Celesta Capital Explains Why Investment Firms Have Taken Interest in AI and Infrastructure Development

  Deal flow in 2024 has picked up significantly compared to last year, and AI deals have predominantly dominated headlines due to megadeals like those involving OpenAI, Grok, and others. While later-stage companies have seen a bulk of the funding, seed activity in the space… Read More

Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) Assesses Investment Firms’ Knowledge of European Regulations

With the aim of attaining “high” compliance standards within the financial service industry, including the investment sector, the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) conducts a range of supervisory activities using a set of diversified tools, such as “on-site Inspections, off-site work and meetings.” As a… Read More

Spectrum Markets Joins German Federal Association of Investment Firms

Spectrum Markets has become a member of the  German Federal Association of Investment Firms (Bundesverband der Wertpapierfirmen (bwf)) Spectrum Markets is a wholly owned subsidiary of the IG Group (LSEG: IGG). Regulated by BaFin, the company is a pan-European trading venue for securitized derivatives aimed… Read More

UK FCA Announces Proposals to Require Personal Investment Firms to Set Aside Capital for Covering Compensation Costs

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced proposals to require personal investment firms to set aside capital so that they can “cover compensation costs and ensuring the polluter pays when consumers are harmed.” The proposals from the FCA would “require personal investment firms –… Read More

AI-Powered Network from Pagaya Facilitates Credit Union’s Access to Capital from Alternative Investment Firms

Pagaya Technologies LTD. (NASDAQ: PGY), a global technology company delivering artificial intelligence infrastructure for the financial ecosystem, announced a partnership with a group of alternative investment firms – Angelo Gordon, ATLAS SP Partners, and Värde Partners – to provide funding for a multi-billion dollar credit… Read More

Digital Investment Firms TCM & Technologies and Trovio Have Merged to Form Trovio Group

TCM & Technologies Pte Ltd (TCM), an investment and advisory company offering institution-recognizable investments products and advisory services focused on the digital economy, and Trovio Pty Ltd, a technology company focused on digitization, tokenization and provenance services for the commodities and carbon industries, have announced… Read More

Venture Capital Firms in Latin America Expected to Increase Investments in AI and Lending Startups

Several venture capital firms in Latin America are reportedly planning to increase their investments in startups offering loans and artificial intelligence products. According to a report from Bloomberg, these efforts are driven by the region’s potential for financial-technology growth. This focus on Fintech lending and… Read More

Aviva Investors Introduces Venture and Growth Capital Fund to Enable Investments in Unlisted Firms

Aviva Investors, the asset management business of Aviva plc, announces it  launched a Venture and Growth Capital fund which aims to give investors better access to “early-stage” companies and technologies. The Fund reportedly receives an initial c £150 million commitment from Aviva, as it looks… Read More

Revolut CEO Nik Storonsky Now Focused on Quantitative Investment Initiative for Early-Stage Firms

Nik Storonsky, the CEO of Revolut, has spent the last ten years focused on disrupting the traditional banking / financial services sector with various innovations. The Fintech billionaire and ex- Lehman Brothers trader is now looking to enhance the existing venture capital space. Storonsky has… Read More

iCapital Marketplace in Hong Kong and Singapore to Connect Wealth Management Firms to Alternative Investment Opportunities

iCapital, the global fintech platform driving access to alternative investments for the wealth management industry, announced the launch of iCapital Marketplace, a one-stop-shop connecting wealth managers and advisors “with a broad menu of alternative investment opportunities across private equity, private debt, infrastructure, real assets and… Read More

Nearly £360M in VC Investments Made in 115 Scottish Firms During Past Year – Report

A report by professional services firm KPMG has revealed that 115 Scottish firms received over £359 million worth of Venture Capital (VC) investment after being identified as the most promising throughout 2023. The Venture Pulse Survey showed that there was “a marked decline in global… Read More

France: AMF Issues Updated Warning Against Firms Offering Potentially Fraudulent Investments Without Authorization

The AMF is warning the public against several companies proposing “atypical” investments without being authorized to do so The Autorité des Marchés Financiers regularly updates its black lists of new websites and entities “proposing atypical investments to investors in France without being authorized to do… Read More

Investment Association’s Fintech Hub Announces New Firms Joining Innovator Program, Key Partnerships in Canada

The Investment Association’s (IA) Fintech hub and accelerator, IA Engine, has announced the latest firms to join its Innovator Program, as well as new global Fintech partnerships between Engine and Canada. The following five firms have been chosen to join this year’s cohort, which, during… Read More

Fintech Lightyear Announces Investments from South Korean VC Firms Sunbo Angel Partners and Lighthouse Combined Investment

Lightyear announced a strategic investment from two South Korean venture capital funds, Sunbo Angel Partners and Lighthouse Combined Investment. Both funds, with ties to South Korea’s automotive industry and other manufacturing corporate alliances, “have recognized Lightyear’s potential to create the next era of highly efficient… Read More

France: AMF Issues Warning Against Firms Proposing “Atypical” Investments without Being Authorized

The AMF is warning the public against several companies proposing atypical investments without being authorised to do so. The Autorité des Marchés Financiers regularly “updates its black lists of new websites and entities proposing atypical investments to investors in France without being authorized to do… Read More

France’s Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) Issues Warning Against Firms Offering Atypical Investments Without Authorization

The AMF is warning the public against several companies “proposing atypical investments without being authorized to do so.” France‘s Autorité des Marchés Financiers explains that it regularly “updates its black lists of new websites and entities proposing atypical investments to investors in France without being… Read More

In Pursuit of Economic Growth, UK Pension Fund Reform will Allow Investments in Early Stage Firms

As part of a policy aiming to boost economic growth and innovation, the UK is expected to announce pension fund reforms that will allow these vehicles to invest in early stage firms. Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt is expected to pursue a policy that… Read More

Beginning Next Week the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) Includes Improvements for Early Stage Firms, Investors

Beginning on April 6, 2023, early-stage private firms will be able to tap into an improved Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), one of several tax policies aimed at supporting entrepreneurship and early-stage firms in the UK. The popular program is a positive for both investors… Read More

Fintech Investments: TTV Capital Closes Fund VI at $250M to Invest in Financial Tech Firms

TTV Capital, an early-stage fintech venture capital firm, recently announced that it has closed its sixth fund at $250 million, the largest since the firm was founded over two decades ago. The fundraise, which originally “targeted $150 million, saw overwhelming interest and was oversubscribed by… Read More

Fidelity Investments Acquires Shoobx, Furthering Commitment to Equity Plan Capabilities for Private Firms

Fidelity Investments announced it is furthering its commitment to the private market with the acquisition of Shoobx, a provider of automated equity management operations and financing software “for private companies at all growth stages, up to and including an initial public offering (IPO). Financial terms… Read More

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