Managers of Wealth Fintech

Vision 2050: Time to Transform

Only collaboration at unprecedented levels will create the impact and speed needed to achieve all people living well within planetary boundaries by 2050.

Open Finance: SIX and Swisscom Join Forces

SIX and Swisscom want to facilitate the use of open finance

How are asset managers and allocators maneuvering in the new normal?

Succession planning speaks more to the human capital aspect of equity-linked compensation for asset managers, hedge funds and private equity firms.

Nucleus profits cut by half during 2020

"I am entirely comfortable this was the right decision and although adjusted [earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation] was down 27.9 per cent to £5.7m most of that was achieved in [the second half of the year] during which

Thoma Bravo Announces Strategic Acquisition of Calabrio to Accelerate Company's Cloud-Frist Customer Experience Growth

Acquisition from KKR follows significant growth and successful evolution to the cloud

SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index: February performance 2.40%; Capital Movement Index: March net flows advance 0.59%

Data is based on actual subscriptions and redemptions independently calculated and confirmed from real capital movements, and published only a few business days after they occur.

African payments company Flutterwave raises $170M, now valued at over $1B

Launched in 2016 as a Nigerian and U.S.-based payments company with offices in Lagos and San Francisco, Flutterwave helps businesses build customizable payments applications through its APIs.

Fintech startup ClearGlass Analytics closes $3.6M for pension funds transparency platform

ClearGlass is targeting the £1.5 trillion mature “Defined Benefit” pension schemes market and claims to now work with more than 500 DB pension funds.

Betterment acquires rival WealthSimple's US business

Digital wealth platform Betterment has acquired the US book of rival Canadian robo advisor WealthSimple.

Invesco to consolidate technology offerings under a single brand

Invesco is to consolidate five disparate software businesses acquired over the past few years into a single financial advisory technology unit, Inteliflo.

UK Government to invest £153 million in quantum research projects

The UK Government, through UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), is investing £153 million, to develop new products and services based on advances in quantum technologies that will have a significant impact on financial services.

Interest in Thai Insurtech Sector Picks up

Founded in 2011, AppMan has since expanded across Southeast Asia, opening offices in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and Jakarta, Indonesia.

Britain sets out blueprint to keep fintech ‘crown’ after Brexit

The review said Britain increasingly needs to represent itself as a strong fintech scale-up destination as well as one for start-ups.

The AltFi view on institutional capital: Pension funds should embrace fintech start-ups

To unlock capital from pension funds and other institutional investors fintech has its work cut out.

Capita founder leads Frog wellbeing investment

It announced recently that Sussex Cricket had become the first sports club in the world to launch its own bespoke mental wellness platform using Frog’s system.

Hedge fund billionaire backs bitcoin payment startup

Recent investor attention towards bitcoin has led to a surge in its price. The cryptocurrency has risen over 400% since last October and recently reached an all-time high above $56,000 per coin.

Dublin-based AccountsIQ secures €5.8 mn in funding from Finch Capital

The combination of Brexit and Covid has led businesses to reconsider their regional presence.

Zurich invests in InsurTech startup My Policy

This market growth has accelerated during the current COVID-19 pandemic as consumer driving habits have evolved, with various enforced lockdowns structurally changing the driving patterns of many.

Raisin strikes deal with Aviva

Aviva savers can pick and mix savings offers from a range of banks and manage them all fully digital under one roof on the Aviva Save platform

Hedge fund manager Plotkin's GameStop short, dissected

But the fund manager, trying to strike a contrite note by saying he has to earn the cash back for his investors, turned the lens around and cast himself as having been hurt by Main Street investors who ganged up on the professionals.

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