Ripple, the San Francisco-based startup building a bitcoin-like payments platform aimed at banks, announced a $55 million Series B funding round on Tuesday, bringing its total capital to about $93 million. Ripple’s distributed financial technology […]
Man Group’s AHL hedge fund is using machine-learning algorithms to increase investors’ profit. “We are developing and testing multiple new systems, and, given what we have seen so far, I would expect more to pass […]
Fidelity Investments said it will launch six exchange-traded funds based on factor strategies, an investment style also called smart beta. The Core Dividend ETF, the Dividend ETF for Rising Rates, the Low Volatility Factor ETF, […]
The Federal Reserve is calling on Congress to ban merchant banking, in which banks acquire stakes in companies rather than lend to them. Banking industry groups, including FSR, said regulators had not provided a proper […]
In August, 41 exchange-traded funds were taken off the market, more than the total for the first six months of the year, when 40 ETFs closed. Based on announcements for September, the number of ETFs […]
The World Federation of Exchanges responded to the European Securities and Markets Authority’s discussion paper on blockchain by calling for a global approach to distributed ledger technology. The introduction of regulatory sandboxes like those for […]
By Tristan Van Iersel. Indexing is at the heart of a process that has moved the investment industry from art to science, and the growing popularity of index-based investment has forced all asset managers and advisers to improve […]
PureFunds has brought to Nasdaq two technology-focused exchange-traded funds, one targeting financial technology and the other giving exposure to medical technology. The PureFunds Solactive FinTech ETF tracks a fintech index, while the PureFunds ETFx HealthTech […]
Talks at Google in London were delighted to welcome Alex Tapscott to talk about his book Blockchain Revolution, looking at how the technology behind Bitcoin can reshape the world of business and transform the old […]
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