Digital Wealth Manager SIMON Adds New ETFs to Platform, Launches New Marketplace

October 13, 2020 @ 8:11 pm By Omar Faridi |

SIMON has expanded its digital wealth management platform to include exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The company has also launched a new marketplace with Innovator’s Capital Management’s Defined Outcome ETFs – which includes their Buffer ETFs. These products are currently available on SIMON’s centralized platform for “risk-managed… Read More

Bitcoin (BTC) Could Potentially be Added to Well-Diversified Investment Portfolios, Yassine Elmandjra from ARK Invest Argues

September 20, 2020 @ 2:19 pm By Omar Faridi |

Yassine Elmandjra, an analyst at ARK Investment Management, a company that invests in Fintech projects and other next-generations technologies, says that Bitcoin’s (BTC) blockchain will “contribute more dramatically and profoundly to the evolution of monetary and financial systems than any other breakthrough in history.” Elmandjra,… Read More

Private Debt and Real Assets could Potentially Offer Attractive Opportunities to Investors during COVID-19 Outbreak, BNP Paribas Executive Explains

July 15, 2020 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi |

David Bouchoucha from BNP Paribas’ asset management division has argued that private debt and real assets could potentially offer good opportunities to investors during the COVID-19 outbreak. Bouchoucha noted that these options can be attractive because private debt and real assets have proven to be… Read More

PensionBee’s Clare Reilly Says UK Residents have “Very Low Levels” of Financial Literacy, May Pay More Attention as Pension Savings Tank After COVID-19 Outbreak

April 21, 2020 @ 10:06 pm By Omar Faridi |

Clare Reilly, head of corporate development at PensionBee, a London-based personal finance company, has noted that the present economic challenges and conditions could lead to individuals paying more attention to their retirement and pension plans. There’s been a significant decline in the amount saved in… Read More

Belgium-based Financial Services Firm KBC Launches Bot-based Assistant Matti for Investment Management

January 21, 2020 @ 12:07 pm By Omar Faridi |

Belgium-based financial services firm KBC has reportedly introduced a digital investment account operated entirely by a bot-based assistant, called Matti. The new online investment account is available to KBC customers and non-customers with a €1000 (appr. $1,110) minimum investment requirement. Matti was developed by the… Read More