Managers of Wealth Fintech

What the first bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund means for the cryptocurrency industry

Overall, more than $1.01 billion of shares changed hands, according to Morningstar.

Ethereum: The transformation that could see it overtake bitcoin

Ether is currently worth in aggregate just shy of US$500 billion (363 billion).

The UK as a global AI superpower

The Strategy aims to build on the UK’s current position in order to translate the tremendous potential of AI into better growth, prosperity and social benefits for the UK, and to help solve global challenges by using AI.

NFT market will mushroom and morph and spread far beyond art

In the second in our series on NFTs, the Art Management team catches up with Kenny Schachter, art dealer, artist, curator and critic.

How Africa can ride the growing wave of climate tech investment

Despite this gold rush, however, activity is yet to echo through Africa.

6 Questions for Jennifer Wines of Fidelity Private Wealth Management

“Decentralization, to me, means the distribution of power. [...] This ends up activating more people and potential than is possible with centralization.”

Payments to continue to drive finance M&A in Asia-Pacific

Among other deals, PayPal Holdings Inc. agreed to buy Japanese digital lender Paidy Inc., while PayU Payments Pvt. Ltd. added payment solutions provider BillDesk in India

COVID-19: Technology Adoption and Adaptation

This rapid technological adoption also changed the way businesses operate. HR transformation is a good example whereby onboarding, training, and salary were digitised to match the workforce realities during the pandemic.

Digitalisation – the role of hybrid servicing

In the first in a series of blogs on the strategic imperatives driving digitalisation, we’d like to focus on the role of hybrid servicing.

Transparency, impact and engagement: winning combination for the future of listed asset management according to Hervé Guez in his speech at the PRI Digital Conference 2021

A few months after the SFDR regulation came into force, Morningstar published an initial study in which it estimated that funds classified as Article 9 represented 2.7% of the total assets of European funds, compared with 20.9% for Article 82.

Why do people invest?

A look at the fundamentals of investor behaviour across Europe and Asia

Gaining a holistic view of your firm’s CLM requirements

The challenge with that is that the edges of onboarding – the bit that happens before and the bit that happens afterwards – are fundamentally connected.

Bloomberg Wealth: Bitcoin’s Future Just Got a Lot Brighter

Its price shot up so fast that at one point, its value increased more than a thousand dollars in a minute.

Operational Resilience: is the UK financial sector ready?

The aim of this regulation is to ensure that the sector is able to prevent, adapt, respond to, recover

Capgemini positioned as a Leader by Everest Group

It evaluates 18 engineering service providers and shares insights on enterprise sourcing considerations.

Levels of Digital Maturity: Building a Strategy

This is no surprise as we have been discussing the need to modernize the distribution model within the asset management industry for years.

How fintech companies can attract the best talent

The fact that remote working is now mainstream makes London an even more persuasive offering.

What would a Central Bank Digital Currency mean for the retail segment in Mauritius and Africa?

Central banks play a major role in the economy to provide a safe, efficient and inclusive payment system.

PayNearMe and WePay CEO’s Share Their Predictions for the Future of the Fintech Industry

Crypto is a computing platform and a financial system. Those things have never been two sides of the same coin before, and it will be interesting to see how that unfolds.

The intrinsic value of NFTs

In this series the Stonehage Fleming Art Management (SFAM) team catches up with some of the top players in the field.

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