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4 Venture Capital firms in Europe to watch out for in 2021

The first step for any business looking for venture capital is submitting a business plan, either to a venture capital firm or an angel investor.

Global wealth industry can no longer ignore female investors

Latest figures suggest women will collectively hold $93trn by 2023

Wealth Management Review 2021 – Sector Transformation

This 34-page whitepaper analyses survey findings from over 120 senior executives from UK wealth managers on the sector’s transformation in 2021.

Over three in five Swiss asset managers plan to cut bond exposure as inflation persists

Seven in 10 (70 per cent) expect the level of default risk of corporate bonds in the US and Europe to increase over the next year.

Digital entrants increase competition for mass affluent individuals, says GlobalData

In both Europe and the Americas, traditional banks, brokers, and financial advisors are preferred by most mass affluent individuals.

Are Complex Corporate Actions Stunting Your Growth?

A lack of automation in corporate action processing will increasingly constrain growth whether organic or through acquisition.

The end of the furlough: what it could mean for banks

Their latest numbers show losses increased in 2019 but alongside revenues also increasing substantially. Starling Bank even says it should reach profitability this year.

Smith & Williamson MPS says alternatives offer best downside protection

The team has been using alternatives to provide diversification and protection in its more defensive portfolios, where it is overweight versus the benchmark, and will look to allocate further to the asset class in the next 18 months.

Suicide Squad by Tim Price

Some things are forecastable.

Fintech Sees Record-Breaking Levels of Investments

The level is a record start to the year, particularly in comparison to the pandemic-hit 2020, when investments for the entire year totaled $121.5 billion.

Law firm forecasts sunny H2 outlook for UK capital markets following record-breaking first half

After a record-breaking first half, and despite Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic, London has successfully defended its title as the premier financial centre for raising capital in Europe raising 55 per cent more equity capital than its next closest compet

Technology in wealth management and its impact on UHNWIs

The transition to remote working amidst various lockdowns also enabled companies to re-examine the need for a centralised operating space

How a convicted criminal can buy a famous English football club

The Magician” is Christopher Samuelson, a football dealmaker and offshore finance specialist.

More than 20 million Brits targeted by financial scammers

‘It is worrying to see the sheer scale’ of the problem

The State of the Fintech Union: Monzo, Starling Bank and Revolut

Eight months into 2021 and with annual reports now in, it’s time to take another look at how they’ve been doing

The Fed is in a Hole

The resurgence of COVID cases in the US has probably stopped investors from marking government bond yields far higher.

How sustainable are sovereign wealth funds?

Such data provide snapshots into the complex and often opaque world of sovereign funds, which collectively hold nearly $8 trillion in assets.

Request to Pay: Survey confirms high demand

Companies from 20 countries responded to the detailed questionnaire between September 2020 and February 2021, with ten selected companies additionally participating in structured interviews.

Investigation reveals how football can be used to launder money

The English Football League’s (EFL) Owners’ and Directors’ Test bars anybody who has an unspent criminal conviction with a sentence of more than 12 months from owning a club.

Banks poised for a big Covid bounceback

Dividend payments have also been restored after banks were barred from returning cash to shareholders by the Prudential Regulation Authority

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