Tag: financial
S&P: Largest Hedge Funds Increase Citi, Wells Fargo Holdings in Q1
The world's largest hedge funds were bullish on Wells Fargo & Co. and Citigroup Inc. in the first quarter even as both banks' stocks...
Pensions Freedoms: Where Are We in the Battle to Protect Investors?
There have always been fraudsters and thieves, but Pensions Freedoms, which came into force April 2015, may have made it easier for scammers to...
Has the Era of Helicopter Money Come to an End?
Duff & Phelps, the premier global valuation and corporate finance advisor, today announced that with the FCA now setting a deadline of 29 August...
Financial Industry to Get Help From Thomson Reuters to Meet MiFID...
A Suite of Reference Capabilities is announced by Thomson Reuters' DataScope, which will aim to deliver a wide range of reference-data preparatory insights for institutional...
Open Banking APIs Boosted By The IFX Forum Support
The IFX Forum has announced the first set of deliverables from its Open Banking APIs (application programming interfaces) Working Group, marking significant progress on its work...
First Of Its Kind Knowledge Graph Feed Allows Financial Services Customers...
Graph network of 2 billion relationships brings to life a comprehensive view of the financial ecosystem so that users can uncover new, unexpected or...
IT Infrastructure And MiFID II – Solving The Data Collection Conundrum
As the pressure builds at financial services companies, and the MiFID II (Markets in Financial Instruments Directive) deadline of 3rd January 2018 rapidly approaches,...
Financial Regulators Brought Four Times As Many Cases Against Individuals Than...
Financial Regulators Brought Four Times As Many Cases Against Individuals Than Companies Last Year, New Report Shows
Financial regulators across the globe are heavily cracking...
Why Britain’s Current Economy Means Financial Planning is Essential
The British economy has often been one of the strongest in the world, especially when compared to many other nations and based on its...
SEEDRS Sees Record Levels of Crowdfunding Investment and Fundraising in UK
October was Seedrs biggest ever month with almost £20 million invested into campaigns on the platform
Seedrs Alumnus FreeAgent today announces float on...
Cayman and Panama – Hats, Havens and OFCs
This is a guest post from JP Integra Group, an international financial services group serving international businesses, individuals, investment managers, family offices and their legal...
WEF Report Future of Financial Industry will be Powered by Blockchain
World Economic Forum (WEF) Report: The Future of Financial Industry will be Powered by Blockchain.
WEF released an important Report about the future of the...
Are Banks, Asset Management and Financial Institutions Ready for Blockchain?
Banks, Asset Management and Financial Institutions Are not Ready for Blockchain
The bitcoin's tech blockchain is operating a major revolution that is creating a new...
SWIFT Business Forum London: Future of Financial Services
Top FinTech executives to address the future of financial services at SWIFT’s Business Forum London event
SWIFT the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication supplies...
Social Media as Disruptor of Finance and Trading
The Irreversible Game Change
Disruption is one of the keywords of the 21st century. It is in the DNA of human society. It is a...
Top trends in US Wealth: Part 1 Baby Boomers
Recently Deloitte carried out a study into generational wealth, looking at how wealth may shift between the generations over the upcoming 15 years. The...
Agecroft Partners’ Top 10 Hedge Fund Industry Trends for 2016
by Donald A. Steinbrugge, CFA – Managing Partner, Agecroft Partners
Each year, Agecroft Partners predicts the top hedge fund industry trends through their contact with...
How asset management landscape will change in 5 years time
It is believed by consultancy PWC that asset management will face a Brave New World in 2020. There have been some game changers...
Global Economic Outlook 2016: some key facts for investors
Written by Paula Newton and Fidan Aliyeva
The markets have been changing recently as problems with China have been having a significant impact on the...
Can Twitter and Google predict the stock markets? The ECB thinks...
Can Twitter and Google predict the stock markets? The European Central Bank - ECB research thinks and rightly so considers it !
A recent research study...
Why Create A Fund Or A Hedge Fund?
The Upside
Traditional investments (in stocks, bonds and cash) have seen their share of highs and lows, and today their charm seems to have petered...
Hedge Funds See Opportunities in Oil Prices Fall
“The decline in oil prices creates more opportunities for hedge funds,” the Hedge Funds Managers expressed in a recent survey. Many hedge funds are...
Alternative Investment Trends for 2015 and Outlook for 2014
It was the 2008 recession which shook the global economy. The world had never seen such a far-reaching economic impact prior to this. Economists...
FICC To Expand Tri-Party Regulation
In 2003, the U.S. government founded the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC) to oversee confirmation, settlement and delivery of fixed-income assets in the United...
The History of funds and Hedge Funds – Part 5: Expansion...
Even after the success of Jones experiment, it would not exactly be correct to say that an industry had risen. For hedge funds to...