Tagged: asset management

October 10, 2023 @ 8:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Oil prices surged by 5% following Hamas’ unexpected attack on Israel over the weekend, but investors need to avoid “knee-jerk reactions,” warns the CEO of an independent financial advisory, asset management and fintech organization. The warning from Nigel Green of deVere Group comes “as global… Read More

October 3, 2023 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Recent US government quagmire and treasure prices have reportedly helped with fueling inflows of $21 million, according to an update from digital asset firm CoinShares (Nasdaq Stockholm: CS) CoinShares reports that digital asset investment products “saw inflows last week for the first time in 6… Read More

September 21, 2023 @ 3:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Genesis Global, the low-code application development platform purpose-built for financial markets organizations, announced the launch of a solution that aggregates new bond deal data for asset managers, accelerates investment decision making and streamlines how they request and receive allocations. In primary markets for corporate bonds,… Read More

September 21, 2023 @ 12:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fasanara Capital, the institutional asset manager, and Allianz Trade, the trade credit insurer, are joining forces to provide up to a $1bn financing boost to the fast-growing global B2B e-commerce sector. Fintech investors are seeking out investment opportunities “in and returns from businesses that are… Read More

September 10, 2023 @ 10:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A BNP Paribas survey of 420 asset owners and managers, hedge funds and private equity firms shows that institutional investors are mobilizing capital towards investments that will deliver measurable positive impacts alongside financial returns. Despite data constraints posing the biggest barrier to ESG integration, “especially… Read More

September 8, 2023 @ 4:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HAYVN, a digital asset-focused financial institution delivering Payments, Trading, Custody, Asset Management and Research, announced a partnership with crypto hardware manufacturer, Ledger. The partnership will see HAYVN “provide safe and robust off-ramping rails to users of Ledger’s Ledger Live service.” Ledger Live allows users “to… Read More

September 5, 2023 @ 3:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Institutional-grade DeFi platform, Avantgarde, has appointed portfolio management specialist Ainsley To as head of asset management. Avantgarde is known for building and “maintaining the world’s first on-chain asset management protocol, Enzyme.” Appointed to research, design, and manage Avantgarde’s on-chain strategies, To brings a wealth of… Read More

August 30, 2023 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) announced the sale of its Personal Financial Management (PFM) unit to Creative Planning. Creative is a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) and one of the largest in the country, “with more than 2,100 employees across its affiliates and $245… Read More

August 28, 2023 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Haven1, an EVM-compatible layer 1 blockchain network, has announced a strategic alliance with the team at Coinbag, an institutional-grade asset management solution. The alliance will bring the founding members and the highly-skilled team of developers from Coinbag over to Haven1, “bolstering the network’s development in… Read More

August 11, 2023 @ 11:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ForwardLane, the provider of AI-powered intelligence solutions, announces today the launch of its new generative decision intelligence platform EMERGE “to help solve many enterprise challenges such as data transparency, data privacy and data security issues within the wealth, asset management and insurance industries.” Following conversations… Read More

August 5, 2023 @ 1:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fundrise notes that the belief that a very real and potentially significant downturn still lies ahead has necessarily “been the foundation for all their decisions across the portfolio over the past six months.” As Fundrise noted at the beginning of the year and again in… Read More

August 2, 2023 @ 10:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinShares says it has built on the performance seen at the start of the year, “delivering Q2 results that represent the Group’s strongest quarter since the start of 2022.” CoinShares has shared some results: Revenue for Q2 2023: £10.7 million (Q2 2022: £13.9 million) Gains… Read More

July 18, 2023 @ 10:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FNZ, the global wealth management platform, has launched FNZ Yield Plus notes to provide professional investors such as corporates, pension funds, banks, insurance companies, asset managers and other institutional investors with a low-risk cash alternative and strengthen its global proposition. FNZ Yield Plus notes offer… Read More

July 16, 2023 @ 11:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Magnifi, the AI-powered co-pilot for sensible investors from TIFIN, has launched a new feature that allows its over 20,000 subscribers now get AI help to not only manage investments held within their Magnifi brokerage accounts but now also from assets held in external accounts. This… Read More

July 7, 2023 @ 9:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) recently published guidance to help fund managers understand and comply with securities law requirements for public investment funds holding crypto assets (public crypto asset funds). The guidance aims to provide “an overview of public crypto asset funds operating in Canada… Read More

July 2, 2023 @ 2:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Betterment, the independent digital financial advisor, today announced that Betterment for Advisors, its RIA custody division, has launched an integrated suite of tools that will provide financial advisors “with granular control over how client assets are managed, transferred, and sold.” The new features will “give… Read More

June 19, 2023 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

iCapital, the global fintech platform driving access to alternative investments for the wealth management industry, announced the launch of iCapital Marketplace, the platform connecting wealth managers and advisors “with alternative investment opportunities offered by the world’s leading investment providers and asset managers.” Powered by its… Read More

June 1, 2023 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

After a long period of consistent profitability, the wealth and asset management sector is “facing rising costs, shrinking margins, and intensifying consumer demands.” Firms are looking for ways “to accelerate their digital transformations, bring more of what their clients want to the table, and bolster… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 10:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinShares International Limited (Nasdaq Stockholm: CS), the European digital asset manager, has published its results for the quarter ending 31st March 2023. Jean-Marie Mognetti, Chief Executive Officer of CoinShares said: “I’m pleased to announce that Q1 2023 has underscored CoinShares’ robust resilience and adaptability. The… Read More

May 10, 2023 @ 12:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

iDenfy, an AI-enabled identity verification, and fraud prevention tech startup, announced its partnership with Fincapital Partners, an all-in-one banking and asset management platform that offers comprehensive financial services. The company will “leverage iDenfy’s advanced KYC and AML solutions to deliver a seamless customer onboarding process.”… Read More