A new company, Private Markets Alpha (PM Alpha), has launched today to introduce an online digital platform designed to dramatically improve access to private markets for the global wealth management industry. The business has so far raised close to GBP1 million through private fundraising.
Charles White-Thomson, CEO at Saxo Markets reflects on his thinking a year ago.
Fast-growing micro-investing platform Wombat has launched a new crowdfunding campaign ahead of its international expansion.
UK institutional investors and wealth managers are increasingly looking to frontier markets for diversification but want more ESG data if they are to boost allocations, new research from Dragon Capital shows.
EFAMA writes that it wholeheartedly supports a retail investment strategy that gives EU citizens the necessary tools and the confidence to put their savings to work by investing in capital markets.
Edinburgh privately owned asset management firm Aubrey Capital Management has announced today that its SVS Aubrey Global Emerging Markets fund is now available for retail investors on the UK investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown.
eToro Group Ltd, a multi-asset investment platform is to merge with FinTech Acquisition Corp V (FinTech V), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The combined company will operate as eToro Group Ltd and is expected to be listed on NASDAQ with a value of approximately USD10.4 billion.
With the FTSE at 5,000, a panicky overreaction is a long-term opportunity according to 7IM. Terence Moll, Head of Investment Strategy at the firm says: “Shutting borders and keeping people inside their homes hurts economic growth. People will buy less, sell less, and make less. And it feels extremely uncomfortable in the Western world to be told that we cannot do certain things.
A range of comments has greeted the news on the Bank of England’s announcement of an unexpected interest rate cut of 50 basis points down to 0.25 per cent, driven by the effects of the coronavirus epidemic.
Richard Pearson, Director at EQi, comments on the Bank of England's shock 0.25 per cent interest rate cut…