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Six of the world’s largest asset managers rule out bitcoin

The news comes as a blow to proponents of the virtual currency that hit a high of almost $20,000 in December

Sweden predicted to become first country with own cryptocurrency

One reason Sweden is particularly well positioned to be a leader in the field is that the card-friendly country is already more than comfortable with non-physical financial transactions.

The irreversible rise of the investing machines

Automation, if it drives down costs, need not be something to fear

Creating business value with Legal Entity Identifiers Interview with Stephan Wolf, CEO, GLEIF

The use of Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) as a common identifier to combat this issue has a wide range of business use cases that span multiple industries, business activities and functions.

Gibraltar exchange hopes to rock with launch of cryptocurrency

Despite some cooling for digital currencies so far this year, 2017 saw the value of bitcoin soar by more than 1,500% against the dollar.

German Online Lender Kreditech Heads to India

The loan product is expected to go live in the first quarter of 2018.

Sberbank pushes further into new tech by launching blockchain lab

The laboratory aims to develop blockchain-based solutions, create product prototypes and carry out pilot projects

Fund manager’s blockchain experiment removes transfer agent role

Iznes said more asset management firms were joining its platform and that others already on it included Groupama Asset Management, La Financière de l’Échiquier, and Arkéa Investment Services.

"Our challenge now is the extra millions" – A Finnish bitcoin broker is riding the crypto wave

Prasos is one of the Nordics' leading cryptocurrency service providers - and it's making a killing on the bitcoin boom.

Sweden’s Tele2 swoops for Com Hem in $3.3bn deal

Proposed acquisition follows years of planning by biggest shareholder in both groups Kinnevik

Transact reports 43% surge in profits as float draws closer

At the end of the year the business had funds under direction of £27.9bn, up 13.5 per cent on the year before

UK robo adviser expands into Switzerland

Scalable Capital has launched a website specifically aimed at Swiss customers with a dedicated Swiss customer hotline.

UK’s big companies rush to take action on cyber threats

Bellwether survey finds FTSE 350 fears on rise over exposure to digital attacks

UK shrugs off Brexit worries by winning race for technology investment

BRITAIN attracted record technology investment last year as it shrugged off Brexit concerns to put its European rivals in the shade.

British tech start-ups lead Europe as funding rises to £3bn in record year

Financial technology and artificial intelligence businesses secured the majority of funds.

Schroders Wins two awards

UST Global is a Strategic Testing Partner for Schroders

Cloud provider converge secures private equity boost

Private equity investor Tenzing has backed Converge's senior management team to support the firm's growth ambitions

Schroders launches SchrodersGO chatbot

Our clients needs on how to access information have evolved over the past years.

Old Mutual Wealth assures advisers on platform's progress

"Old Mutual Wealth's journey through this challenge has been well documented. In 2017 we made strides in putting our re-platforming on track"

Bank branch closures: How one town has coped

A scheme allows small firms in Holywell to accept payments via a smartphone.

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