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Saudi Arabia to run out of cash in less than 5 years
October 26th, 2015
Not even the mighty Middle East can survive cheap oil forever. If oil stays around $50 a barrel, most countries in the region will run out of cash in five years or less, warned a dire report from the ...
A robo-adviser may be in the works for Morgan Stanley
October 23rd, 2015
Wealth Management President Gregory Fleming says a digital platform could attract younger clients to the firm Morgan Stanley may be eyeing its own robo advice platform. During the Money Management Institute fall conference on Wednesday, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management ...
P2P lending platform expands into mainland Europe with the acquisition of Zencap
October 21st, 2015
Funding Circle launches across Europe with deal for Rocket Internet-backed Zencap Leading global marketplace for business loans expands into Germany, Spain and the Netherlands Funding Circle, the world’s leading online marketplace for business loans, today announced it has joined ...
Deutsche Bank announces comprehensive organizational restructuring and reorganization of key management roles
October 19th, 2015
Deutsche Bank will fundamentally change its group and leadership structure. At an extraordinary meeting today in Frankfurt, the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank resolved to restructure the Bank´s business divisions. This will be supplemented by a reorganization of executive ...
ETFs are the next frontier for liquid alternatives
October 12th, 2015
Mutual funds have been the go-to wrapper for alternative strategies, but that’s changing To investors, State Street Global Advisors might be best known as the firm behind the plainest of plain-vanilla investment products: the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY). The exchange-traded ...
Market volatility fails to dent investors’ attraction to robo-advisers
October 9th, 2015
Automated investment sites enjoyed a 57% jump in assets under management from December 2014 through July 2015 The summertime spike in market volatility failed to dent investors’ willingness to invest — or invest more of — their assets with ...
Google Takes Stake in Messaging Startup Symphony Communication Services
October 6th, 2015
New fundraising round values Symphony at $650 million Google Inc. plans to invest in a new round of funding for Symphony Communication Services LLC that values the Wall Street-backed messaging company at about $650 million, people familiar with the matter said. ...
Forex Investors See Regulation as a Top Issue
September 17th, 2015
Tightening rules could make currency trading more difficult, expensive Global regulators are tightening rules around trading in financial markets after a series of scandals, which could make currency trading more difficult and expensive, said industry participants at a foreign-exchange ...
Investors Welcome Newly Released World Bank Green Bond Impact Report
August 12th, 2015
STORY HIGHLIGHTS The first World Bank (IBRD) Green Bond Impact Report provides an overview of the environmental and social impacts expected from eligible projects that help World Bank client countries adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change. ...
This Precious Metal Needs a Silver Bullet
August 6th, 2015
In the past 12 months alone, the benchmark silver-futures contract has declined 27% Once prized as a precious metal that could be put to practical use, silver is now getting the worst of both worlds. Like gold, silver has ...
