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Fund managers pitch ‘alts’ to retail investors as institutions max out

Wealthy individuals viewed as new market for asset classes such as credit, private equity and real estate

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Ethereum Already Showing Signs of Increased Centralization

In hours following the Merge, just two platforms added over 40% of the network's blocks.

4 months, 3 weeks ago

The Other Side of the Climate Equation: Natural Disaster Recovery

Companies focused on reducing risk and restoring communities after disaster strikes stand to grow.

4 months, 3 weeks ago

A year on, El Salvador's bitcoin experiment is stumbling

A year after El Salvador adopted bitcoin as legal tender, the area where the world's first cryptocurrency city was meant to be built - a circular metropolis powered by a volcano - is still dense jungle.

5 months ago

Home Equity Investments Explained

A brief guide to equity-sharing agreements.

5 months, 1 week ago

Is now the time to add gold in multi-asset funds?

Gold is often seen as an inflation hedge and has historically protected purchasing power over inflationary periods.

5 months, 1 week ago

How is climate change impacting wine investment?

France is tackling an historic drought, wildfires are raging in California, vineyards are battling dire water stress - how are the world’s changing weather patterns impacting the wine investment market and investor returns?

5 months, 1 week ago

Property maintenance now swallowing up a fifth of rental income

Property maintenance solution provider Help me Fix has revealed data from research into maintenance costs for rental properties showing that maintaining properties now accounts for over a fifth of a landlord's average rental income per property - up

5 months, 2 weeks ago

China's first publicly traded rental property REITs snapped up by investors

China's first batch of publicly traded rental property real estate investment trusts (REITs) was snapped up in Shanghai and Shenzhen by yield-hungry investors this week, opening up a new financing channel for the struggling real estate sector.

5 months, 2 weeks ago

U.S. crypto firm Nomad hit by $190 million theft

U.S. crypto firm Nomad has been hit by a $190 million theft, blockchain researchers said on Tuesday, the latest such heist to hit the digital asset sector this year.

6 months, 1 week ago

Central African Republic's digital coin finds few buyers

The sale of Central African Republic's first digital coin got off to a slow start, with just over 5% of the target bought in the hours after its launch, amid questions about the project's transparency and a wider downturn in the industry.

6 months, 2 weeks ago

U.S. charges ex-Coinbase manager in first crypto insider trading case

A former product manager at Coinbase Global and two others have been charged with wire fraud in the first insider trading case involving cryptocurrency, U.S. prosecutors in Manhattan said on Thursday.

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Dubai to ramp up metaverse efforts with 40,000 new jobs

The emirate launches its Dubai Metaverse Strategy, aiming at the world’s top 10 metaverse economies.

6 months, 3 weeks ago

NFTs become physical experiences as brands offer in-store minting

Minting NFTs at physical locations could be the next big trend for brands entering Web3.

7 months ago

Top 5 Things to Watch in Markets in the Week Ahead - CPI Reports, Earnings …

After a relatively quiet start to July that has seen the S&P 500 and other leading indices stage a rally, the pace of economic and corporate data picks up this week.

7 months ago

Hedge funds fall 5.9% in first half of the year

Hedge funds posted a negative performance in June, bringing losses this year to almost 6%, as volatility across markets accelerated, a report by hedge fund data provider HFR showed on Friday.

7 months ago

BlackRock sees 30% jump in flows to suite of climate ETFs

he nine ETFs, which have tracked EU-regulated climate transition benchmarks since October, attracted a net $2.7 billion this year as of mid-June.

7 months ago

Top 5 Things to Watch in Markets in the Week Ahead

Friday’s jobs report along with Wednesday’s minutes of the Federal Reserve’s June meeting are set to be the highlights of the holiday-shortened week ahead as worries over the prospect of a recession swirl.

7 months, 1 week ago

Basel revises bank crypto capital plan to include blockchain

Banks should take a conservative approach to setting aside capital to cover risks from "unbacked" crypto assets on their books, the global Basel Committee of banking regulators said in proposals on Thursday which now also cover blockchain.

7 months, 1 week ago

Top 5 Things to Watch in Markets in the Week Ahead

The European Central Bank will hold its annual retreat in Portugal, where President Christine Lagarde, along with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey will appear at a panel discussion on Wednesday.

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Binance scores Cristiano Ronaldo as partner for NFT push

Binance, the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volumes, said on Thursday it has signed a partnership with Cristiano Ronaldo for the promotion of non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

7 months, 2 weeks ago