08/31/2022
German fintech Justhome raises €3.3m to help more people become homeowners
Justhome plans to use the funding to build out its platform and develop its own financing solutions.
Alternative Investments
08/25/2022
DTCC’s alternative settlement platform goes live
DLT-powered Project Ion platform processing over 100,000 transactions per day
08/22/2022
BlackRock launches active ETF to tap future of fintech
The asset management giant now offers 44 thematic funds and ETFs, with a combined $50bn in assets.
08/12/2022
Singlife With Aviva Bolsters Its Financial Advisory Services Team
Singlife said that it aims to build a multi-asset, integrated platform across investments, insurance policies and retirement plans that can provide advisers with a holistic and comprehensive perspective of their clients’ financial situation.
08/05/2022
4 Ways Banks Can Use Alternative Data to Boost Loan & Account Growth
For financial marketers, changes to how consumer data can be used have made their job more challenging.
08/01/2022
Exclusive: Chip launches alternative asset investments as it acquires Koia’s customer base
Chip has now become the sole alternative assets investment platform in the UK.
08/01/2022
Castlelake partners with Aequum Capital to establish speciality lending platform
Aequum was founded by speciality finance veterans John Stanfield, Orasio Becerra, Michael Keenan, John Ross and Rick Kaufmann
07/04/2022
SIX Swiss Exchange: Trading Key Figures June 2022
The highest turnover on a single trading day was recorded on 17 June, which saw securities worth a total volume of CHF 9.9 billion changing hands.
06/30/2022
Economic downturn threat should be taken seriously by private market operators to mitigate mis-selling risk
The lower liquidity of private markets means it is much more difficult for investors to divest if they become unhappy with the investments they have made.
06/23/2022
HSBC launches £250 million fund for high growth scale-ups in the UK
The new £250 million fund from HSBC UK will help support high growth scale-ups earlier in their growth journey.
06/16/2022
Carey Olsen advises Synthesis Capital on US$300m foodtech fund
The pioneering Fund, which will look to back technology solutions that will help global food system
05/31/2022
Leucadia Asset Management to invest in Illuminate Financial
Existing investors from Illuminate Financial Management’s previous funds will continue as additional anchor investors in the third fund, including JP Morgan, S&P Global and Deutsche Börse Group.
05/25/2022
Alpher taps WealthKernel to tackle £15bn gender investment gap
Alpher aims to change this - providing women with the support networks to build their investing confidence, as well as an investment solution built to enable women to grow their wealth, independently, over the long term.
05/24/2022
Lending fintech Creditspring raises £48m
The UK company plans to lend £100m to support its members over the course of 2022.
05/23/2022
Qatar, Germany enjoy deep economic ties, says Deutsche Bank Chairperson
Deutsche Bank is one of the world’s leading banks, in which Qatar holds a 6.1 percent stake. The
05/19/2022
Alternative lender ThinCats selects Mambu for core technology platform
It provides a parameter-based product allowing ThinCats to service existing business and develop new products at pace.
05/16/2022
ABN Amro embeds ESG risk score in investment app
There will be an explanation of how the scores are calculated. ABN AMRO uses independent external sources for these calculations.
05/12/2022
Blockpit enters partnership with hedge funds manager 3Folio
The 3Folio platform offers, among other things, portfolio tracking
05/11/2022
Fasanara opens up $350 million fintech investment fund
The current investment marks the first time the company has opened its venture funds to external investors.
05/09/2022
Nous Systems launches the world’s first decentralised investment platform
There has been a marked paucity in the use of smart contracts to date.