UAE-based robo advisory platform, Sarwa, will offer zero-commission trading in a bid to attract retail investors trading small amounts.
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UAE-based robo advisory platform, Sarwa, will offer zero-commission trading in a bid to attract retail investors trading small amounts.
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has signed a deal with Standard Chartered to provide its technology platform, Aladdin, to the UK bank’s emerging market asset management clients.
Kuwaiti asset manager, Kamco Invest, has launched ikatib.com, a web-based subscription platform.
Dubai-based technology start-up, Sarwa, is expanding its investment advisory platform to Saudi Arabia after it was approved by the Saudi Capital Market Authority (CMA).
An automated asset manager, or robo-advisor, which claims to use artificial intelligence (AI) to power its investment decisions has launched in Abu Dhabi.
Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund has acquired a stake in US private equity group, Silver Lake, committing US$2 billion to a new investment strategy designed to make longer term investments.
Digital asset exchange operator, Fasset, is planning to launch a new exchange designed to give institutional investors in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) greater access to digital assets.
The largest pension fund in Turkey has vowed to continue with its investment plans for 2020 despite the economic headwinds from the Covid 19 pandemic after reporting a growth in assets.
Saudi-based investment manager Musharaka Capital has partnered with Securrency, a blockchain technology provider, to develop a regulated platform for issuing digital securities.
Independent financial advisor, the deVere Group, has announced plans to develop a digital finance business in Dubai.
There’s no doubt that Africa has been seen increasingly as an attractive prospect for inbound investment in recent years, with investors seeing real potential in the continent, particularly in the private equity, infrastructure and real estate asset classes, as it experiences strong economic growth.
Plausible explanations exist for why low-volatility stocks perform better than their high-volatility counterparts.
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A recent sovereign bond issue from Saudi Arabia underlines the appeal of emerging market investing. What must investors consider when allocating to this asset class? Firas Mallah of BMO Global Asset Management shares his views.
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In 2016, global consulting firm PWC forecast the emergence of five global ‘megatrends’ in the next two decades. Stephen Anderson, its Middle East clients and markets leader, talks about their...
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Since 2016, Guillermo Ortiz has been a chairman of Latin America’s BTG Pactual. The former central banker of Mexico talks to Nick Fitzpatrick.
Investors in the Middle East consider the tools that will be needed to navigate the Covid-19 crisis, the continued appetite for dividend and why it’s all about tech. Chaired by Romil Patel.
Experts discuss the investment implications of the coronavirus pandemic, a delayed rebound in global growth and dealing with South Africa’s energy issues head on. Chaired by Romil Patel in Cape Town.
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Funds Europe’s International and ESG Editor, Romil Patel, was the moderator for The Network Forum’s ESG panel discussion at its 2021 Africa Meeting. Panelists looked at the big picture, ESG in the post-trade environment, driving data standards and how custodians’ responsibilities are evolving.
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