If the digital assets market is going to be successful with investors, there needs to be an ‘ecosystem’ rather than a collection of separately developed platforms and ‘solutions’. This was the central ...

In her first Mansion House speech, UK chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a pilot program to issue digital gilts using blockchain technology. This initiative, aimed at modernising the UK’s £2.5 ...

European asset management Amundi has teamed up with Indian mutual fund manager, SBI Funds Management (SBI FM), to launch the Amundi Fund Solutions ICAV – Amundi SBI FM India Bond primarily investing ...

Increasing efficiencies while reducing costs is the top business challenge for wealth, trust, and corporate services firms heading into 2025, with 88% of firms citing digitalisation as the primary ...

Nearly all finance leaders globally (96%) are concerned about the integrity and reliability of nonfinancial data, according to EY’s 2024 Global Corporate Reporting Survey. With over 2,000 finance ...

BlackRock has launched eight further Ucits iBonds ETFs based on Investment Grade (IG) corporate bonds, adding new maturities to its current range of twelve IG funds. iBonds are bond ETFs with fixed ...

Netherlands-based bank ING, has appointed Andrea Storr as its new head of UK lending. Storr joined ING in 2012 and successfully led the bank’s acquisition finance business in Germany, Austria and ...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has voted to lower its main lending rate by a quarter of one percentage points, down from 5% to 4.75%, saying that inflationary pressure justified the ...

Of 109 investment firms that offer at least one hybrid fund or plan to launch one within a year, over half of respondents to a Caceis-Funds Europe survey (58) indicated an anticipated fund size of ...

Those who back renewable energy investments now will play a major role in Britain's  green energy revolution, says Alex ...

With US election results out, the asset managers are showing strong reactions to projections of a Trump victory, lifting key sectors like technology, infrastructure and defence. In Europe, the key ...

With Donald Trump returning to the White House and a Republican-led Congress on the horizon, emerging markets are bracing for significant policy shifts. Thys Louw, emerging market fixed income ...