11/29/2019
MiddleGame Ventures Sets Up $165 Million FinTech Fund
MiddleGame Ventures was launched by FinTech investment veteran Pascal Bouvier, Patrick Pinschmidt, and L. Michael Meyer, CFA.
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11/29/2019
CITIC Launches Robo-Advisor in Hong Kong
The launch makes CITIC the first bank in Hong Kong to offer a goals-based robo-investment advisory solution.
11/28/2019
Seba Bank launches investment solutions with new crypto index
Over the past ten years, index investing has gained a foothold in financial markets.
11/27/2019
Liberty Securities Selects Broadridge
Broadridge’s consolidated multi-asset solution will help Liberty Securities increase efficiency with the highest level of straight-through processing automation.
11/26/2019
New European Investment Fund backed €150m fintech fund launches with three UK investments
The MiddleGame Ventures fund is targeting early stage financial services disruptors in Europe and North America.
11/26/2019
Foreside Financial to buy U.S. Bancorp fund distribution business
Foreside president Dave Whitaker said: “Foreside is excited for the potential this acquisition provides to broaden our wide range of compliance and regulatory service offerings to clients based all over the US.
11/20/2019
How the Philippines can lead in floating solar technology in Asia
In the nine months since it was installed, the test bed has survived more than 10 typhoons that have slammed into Luzon, said Karlo Abril, SunAsia’s floating solar project lead.
11/20/2019
Al Salam Bank and China's MSA Capital launch $50m regional venture fund
Chinese venture fund with $1bn of assets under management received investment from Bahrain's Al Waha Fund of Funds last month
11/18/2019
Hargreaves selects German firm as adviser fintech partner
aixigo will support Hargreaves Lansdown’s growing Advisory Service and their Advisers
11/14/2019
How real estate investors are banking on technology to deliver profits
Cutting leasing staff can significantly trim expenses for an apartment building, said Helm. But the savings won’t come from a single app.
11/12/2019
The Unsolved Mystery of the Medallion Fund’s Success
The data suggest that Medallion went through a big change at the turn of this century.
11/09/2019
CapBridge selects Know Your Customer for digital onboarding of retail investors
Award-winning RegTech provider Know Your Customer will be powering the private investment platform’s seamless and secure digital onboarding process for all investors.
11/06/2019
Investment Banking Initiative Aimed at Real Estate Tech Firms
As leading experts on all aspects of the housing market, creating a new platform that is exclusively dedicated to advising our extensive operator network and institutional investors on the expanding real estate technology universe is a logical extension o
11/05/2019
Data management: An ongoing challenge for investors and asset managers
A new data paradigm has emerged.
11/01/2019
Here are seven SA insurtechs that insurance companies are working with
Just like fintech, where SA banks are working with several local fintech startups, insurtech is proving a big money spinner too.
11/01/2019
Sikich Investment Banking advises LMR Distributing in acquisition of ACS, Inc.
Sikich Investment Banking offers mergers and acquisitions and capital markets advisory services.
10/29/2019
Proptech firm Coyote scores hat-trick of new clients
Coyote is continually evolving, with the application being updated regularly to enable users to benefit from access to new features and improvements.
10/24/2019
Singapore's Multi-Currency War Heats Up With Revolut Launch
Revolut account holders get a multi-currency travel debit card and an account that supports the Singapore dollar and 13 other currencies, with another 14 more including, Indian rupees, Malaysian ringgit and Philippine pesos, to be added in the coming mont
10/22/2019
SoftBank to focus on AI and machine learning in hunt for new 'unicorns'
‘Companies may have to stay private for longer’ amid profitability debate, Faisal Rehman says
10/22/2019
Mubadala launches $150 million fund of funds and $100 million direct fund, to invest in startups in MENA
Mubadala has also announced the launch of its $100 million direct fund that will invest in early-stage technology startups that are “committed to being part of Hub71 ecosystem.”