Tagged: investing

December 8, 2024 @ 4:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BNP Paribas Wealth Management noted that in 2025, investors should keep front of mind a few select trends, especially in a challenging context. First, BNP Paribas noted that lower interest rates will support “leveraged asset classes,” such as real estate, infrastructure and private equity. Furthermore,… Read More

December 7, 2024 @ 2:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore’s Temasek announced the formation of a wholly-owned private credit platform. Temasek explained that it has been investing in credit funds for more than 10 years, the announcement noted. In 2016, Temasek assembled a credit & hybrid solutions team to buildout its direct and fund investments… Read More

December 1, 2024 @ 10:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment platform Robocash noted that in the coming year, crypto and P2P investments together claim to occupy a “major share” of the optimal investment portfolio. A strategy focusing on these alternative instruments can bring an investor a “real return of up to 43%.” However, this… Read More

December 1, 2024 @ 5:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Survey data from Fundrise, which claims to be America’s largest direct-to-consumer private markets manager, reveals key insights into retail investors’ attitude towards their investment portfolio as this year closes out and a new 2025 begins to takes shape. During the last few years, retail investors… Read More

November 25, 2024 @ 10:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Equito App creators, who are carrying out a crowdfunding campaign via Crowdcube, have noted that traditional real estate investing is becoming increasingly inaccessible for the average investor. Equito explained that it intends to change that by enabling anyone to invest in real estate properties starting… Read More

November 23, 2024 @ 5:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Research uncovered as part of the eToro’s Retail Investor Beat, which was conducted by eToro with this edition supported through a partnership with Nasdaq, a source for financial, economic and alternative datasets, has revealed differences between US and UK retail investors when it comes “to… Read More

November 21, 2024 @ 10:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pantheon, a private markets investor, announced the launch of two funds to expand its private wealth offerings across asset classes in key growth markets globally. Leveraging expertise in evergreen product structuring, Pantheon is focused on meeting the needs of private wealth investors seeking diversified portfolios… Read More

November 20, 2024 @ 7:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

eToro, the trading and investing platform, announced that eToro USA Securities Inc. is operational in New York State, making the platform available for eligible investors nationwide. Retail investors in New York can now trade fractional stocks, exchange traded funds, and options on the eToro platform…. Read More

November 16, 2024 @ 4:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A new study on crypto investors has examined who is actually investing and what is important to them. As noted in an update from PostFinance, cryptocurrencies are here to stay, which is why they wanted to learn more about how “crypto investment behavior is developing… Read More

November 14, 2024 @ 9:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ETFs win over “newcomers” as they invest into the stock market, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) noted while adding that the the rise in ETFs which aim to track the performance of an index, in its Active Retail Investor Dashboards. Its analysis of this… Read More

November 2, 2024 @ 7:37 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bitcoin (BTC) is likely to reach fresh all-time highs should Donald Trump win the US presidential election, predicts deVere Group CEO Nigel Green. The statement comes days before Americans hit the polls. BTC is currently around $71,000. The highest recorded price, $73,737, was paid on… Read More

October 22, 2024 @ 3:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood Markets (Nasdaq: HOOD) has launched margin investing in the United Kindom. Robinhood Markets noted that their “competitive” rates for UK customers range from 5.2% to 6.25%. At Robinhood Markets, they claim to be empowering customers with the tools they need to navigate the financial… Read More

October 21, 2024 @ 12:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Growth in China has stalled for now and debt continues to grow, the team at Freetrade noted in a blog post. And recent direct intervention has considerably boosted volatility in Chinese stock markets, the Freetrade team noted while adding that potential investors should now be… Read More

October 18, 2024 @ 11:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DriveWealth, a financial tech platform offering Brokerage-as-a-Service, has recently announced its end-to-end integration with multiple execution management system (EMS) platforms, including Bloomberg EMSX, LSEG Autex and TRAFiX. With these integrations, institutional broker-dealers are able to connect with DriveWealth’s platform and benefit from streamlined trade booking,… Read More

October 17, 2024 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank N26 announced recently that it has further strengthened its offer in 12 new markets with the launch of Stocks as well as ETFs trading. With the rollout of N26 Stocks and ETFs, clients residing in Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal,… Read More

October 4, 2024 @ 1:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

iCapital, the platform driving access to alternative investments, and Bridge Investment Group (NYSE: BRDG), an alternative asset manager, announced the enhancement of Bridge’s Investor Portal, which is reportedly being powered by iCapital, and enables investors to access performance reporting for all products. The Investor Portal… Read More

October 3, 2024 @ 11:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SoFi Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFI), a “one-stop shop” for digital financial services that helps members borrow, save, spend, invest and protect their money, and PrimaryBid Technologies Inc., a capital markets fintech firm, announced the launch of DSP2.0, a Directed Share Platform (DSP) that offers a… Read More

October 1, 2024 @ 5:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Business lending provider NovaLend, which is focused on supporting small businesses in Poland, has reportedly joined PeerBerry with an 8% annual return on investing in business loans secured by a buyback guarantee. According to the update shared by European investment platform PeerBerry, the lender’s loan… Read More

September 27, 2024 @ 2:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

eToro, the trading and investing platform, has entered into an agreement to acquire the Australian investing app Spaceship in a deal worth up to $80 million AUD. The acquisition will strengthen eToro’s footprint in “a key market for the business while also broadening its product… Read More

September 24, 2024 @ 5:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital bank bunq has launched stock trading. Based in the Netherlands, bunq holds a full banking license and regulated by the Dutch Central Bank. While announcing trading, bunq is now reporting over 14.5 million users. According to a company statement, bunq is currently providing a curated… Read More