The Company was formed to undertake acquisitions in a company or businesses principally in the financial services and fintech sectors. In particular, the initial focus will be to acquire companies which have the potential of growing in the Asian market. Post-acquisition, the Company will generate ...
Technology Investment in online education groups plummets following rise of AI Funding for edtech companies hits decade low as sector struggles to compete post-pandemic opinion content.Year in a word: Slop Elaine Moore UK mobile users had least reliable experience in G7 in 2024, data shows ...
The choice between individual bonds and an ETF depends on one's overall investment strategy, she says. Another option is an actively managed bond mutual fund. "If you're looking for more active management in your portfolio but you don't want to be the one to buy and sell the bonds, con...
Financial services are being transformed by technology changes. The article lists selected FinTech M&A announcements made in February.
The bank plans to invest up to £500 million ($675 million) of its own capital into climate technology companies before 2028. Barclays says it will mobilize $1 trillion of financing by year-end 2030 to help fund the energy transition. These projections may or may not come to pass, but...
investment trusts that invest exclusively on the U.S. market, and that increases in implied volatilities on the S&P 500 Index -that is, on implied volatilities on the market where the investment trusts' net asset values are determined- leads to stock price and net asse value declines in the...
NEND launch: Pioneering real-world asset tokenization and financial innovationThis week marks a groundbreaking milestone in decentralized finance (DeFi) as NEND officially launches its highly anticipated platform. Combining cutting-edge blockchain technology with a revolutionary approach to tokenizing Real-...
UK financial regulation UK’s FCA to simplify disclosure rules for investment products Watchdog says it will scrap regime inherited from EU that can ‘confuse or overwhelm’ investors Segantii Capital Management Segantii founder Simon Sadler pleads not guilty to insider dealing in Hong Kong ...
Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, the UK’s largest investment trust run by Baillie Gifford, is trading at a 13 per cent discount, which analysts said was because of heavy exposure to unquoted, and therefore difficult to value, companies. ...
Mizuho: screen burnPremiumcontent Even if new ventures take off, offsetting weakness in core banking will take years March 6 2019 Mizuho takes $6bn restructuring hit Profit warning comes as the megabank shuts branches and cleans up trading book ...