Last year, financial services was the leading sector for venture investment, with at least $131 billion globally going into startups in the space. This year, the industry still ranks among the largest recipients of venture capital funding. However, investment to … Continue reading Here’s How Far Fintech Funding Has Fallen
Vulnerabilities have been rising for EU corporations and further stress could impair their ability to make payments on their debt. Energy-intensive sectors, companies exposed to real estate, and firms with high debt levels seem particularly vulnerable given the pressures on … Continue reading The European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) is sounding an unprecedented warning
When the centralized exchange (CEX), FTX, filed for bankruptcy, the liquidator said this: “never in my career have I seen such a complete failure of corporate controls and such a complete absence of trustworthy financial information as occurred here.” That’s … Continue reading The boom of Decentralized Exchange Crypto Trading
Hedge Funds have done better on average than the S&P 500 this year. The average hedge fund has made a 1% return since the middle of the year, and is down 5% so far this year. And while that might … Continue reading Hedge funds have turned their back on “momentum strategies”
London-based Man Group (ticker: EMG) – the world’s biggest publicly-traded hedge fund firm with $140 billion of assets under management – is about to launch a new fund entirely dedicated to crypto. Why is Man Group getting into crypto? 1. Institutions are … Continue reading Man Group – the world’s biggest publicly-traded hedge fund firm – is about to launch a brand-new crypto fund.
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway upped its stake in Japan’s five biggest trading houses, according to the News on Monday from Bloomberg. And lately the Far East seems to have caught his and Berkshire’s eye with the firm pouring even more … Continue reading Berkshire’s bulked-up stakes in the Japanese trading firms
The long-touted joint venture between Société Générale’s and AllianceBernstein’s stock businesses appears to be going ahead, according to news out on Tuesday. The world of professional stock investing hasn’t been a happy place in recent years. The rise and rise of … Continue reading Société Générale’s and AllianceBernstein’s joint venture
Stocks might be down this year, but $140-billion hedge fund Bridgewater thinks the bottom’s still to come. The world’s biggest hedge fund has compared today’s conditions to those of past inflation-driven bear markets, and it fears things have to get … Continue reading Bridgewater’s Still Waiting For The Stock Market Bottom
The giant UK insurer Legal & General (L&G) reared its head on Friday to reveal the damage it took during September’s pension fund storm: a measly $12 million, a LDI (Liability Driven Investment) pension fallout, as it turns out. Legal & General … Continue reading Legal & General expects £12m impact from LDI pension fallout
Syla Technologies is a prop-tech company centered on ‘Rimawari-kun’, the largest real estate crowdfunding service in Japan. Real estate is the second largest asset class after bonds and stocks, but its full potential has not been realized due to market inefficiencies … Continue reading Japanese Asset Management platform Syla Technologies files for $17M US IPO
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