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Do We Need More Client Solutions and Less Products?

Providing insights into where the future of investment technology should be headed, Bernard del Rey, founder and CEO, Capital Preferences described how the industry has typically been too invested in products and portfolios. What he believes should be the central focus for the future now are solutions that provide a better, clearer understanding of the end client in order to inform hyperpersonalization.

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Wealth Management: Both Easier & More Complex Than It Ever Was

Attending the Communify Fincentric Experience 2025, Michael Smith, EVP - Business Development, Communify Fincentric spoke to FinextraTV about the seemingly conflicting outlook of the current wealth management industry. In some sense, Smith believes, there are more tools to make the process easier but, at the same time, it is harder than ever to be successful. Diving into client requirements and the definition of a good product, Smith provides his expert analysis of the situation.

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Digital asset bank Sygnum integrates Sui blockchain token, SUI

Sygnum, a global digital asset banking group, today announces a variety of accessible custody, trading, and lending solutions for layer-one cryptocurrency, SUI, broadening access for professional and institutional clients to the Sui ecosystem. Sygnum’s regulated product portfolio and bank-grade infrastructure provides Sui with a trusted gateway to tap into the accelerating inflows from financial institutions, banks, asset managers and High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI).

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UK retail investors favour index trackers - Investment Association

Investment Association (IA) data reveals that index trackers attracted £1.1 billion in inflows in June 2025 marking a strong continuation of momentum for passive investing, particularly in equity exposures across Europe and North America.

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Nato nations to launch Defence, Security and Resilience Bank

Following a recent commitment by Nato countries to invest 5% of their GDP to defence, global banks are backing a new bank that is being set up to support Nato countries and their allies finance their defence needs.

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How Digital Assets Are Leading Wealth Portfolios

Joining FinextraTV at Money 20/20 in Amsterdam, Waqar Chaudry, Head of Digital Assets, Financing and Securities Services, Standard Chartered explains the long-term outlook on digital assets in wealth portfolios. Providing examples of how cryptocurrencies, especially, have outperformed other asset classes, Chaudry describes how corporates, specifically, have become key drivers of this popularity. As part of this, he further explains how more traditional institutions can provide unique insights to this more modern innovation.

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Asset manager associations join international blockchain initiative

The respective trade associations for the UK and Singapore's asset management industries have signed up to Project Guardian, a cross-border initiative led by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and designed to promote use-cases for blockchain.

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SimCorp appoints new CEO

SimCorp, a global leader in financial technology and a subsidiary of Deutsche Börse AG, today announced that Peter Sanderson will be named the company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.

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M&G Investments appoints operations director

M&G Investments today announces the appointment of Martin Kwiatkowski as Director of Asset Management Operations, reporting to Chief Operating Officer, Richard Godfrey.

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SS&C acquires funds network Calastone in $1bn deal

Investment funds processing network Calastone has been bought by US-based funds servicing firm and software vendor SS&C Technologies in a deal worth £776m ($1.03bn).

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Private credit fintech Credibur raises $2.2m

Berlin-based FinTech Credibur has secured $2.2 million (€1.85 million) in pre-seed funding to launch its credit infrastructure platform.

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Citi selects Fenergo's transfer agency platform

Citi has adopted Fenergo’s Client Lifecycle Management platform to digitize select transfer agency services for regulated funds in Europe.

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eToro and BridgeWise launch AI-powered portfolio

Trading and investing platform eToro has partnered with BridgeWise, a global leader in AI-powered investment intelligence, to launch ‘MidCapDiverse’, a portfolio designed to capture long-term growth opportunities in US mid-cap stocks.

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Liquidnet bolsters European listed derivatives business

Liquidnet, a leading technology-driven agency execution specialist, today announced two senior appointments to support the expansion of its Listed Derivatives business across Continental Europe and into Equity Derivatives.

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HashKey Chain launches tokenised SpaceX fund

HashKey Chain announced the successful deployment of $SPCX (Paimon SpaceX SPV Token), a tokenized special purpose fund share backed by U.S.-based aerospace company SpaceX, on its mainnet.

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Computershare named as potential buyer for PrimaryBid

Australian stock transfer agency Computershare is reportedly one of a number of companies looking to acquire UK fintech PrimaryBid which was put up for sale earlier this year

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Quant Insight completes series C funding

Quant Insight, the breakthrough macro factor analytics company serving institutional investors globally, announced completion of its Series A funding round led by 7RIDGE.

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Study reveals insurers reliance on AI for investment

Insurance investment managers and investment managers working for insurers are increasingly using AI to guide and improve their investment strategy as spending on new applications increases, a new global study* shows.

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AI up lad! Yorkshire launches AI investment fund

English county Yorkshire is bidding for a prime position in the UK's AI sector with the launch of an investment fund targetting AI startups.