Latest Asset Management News: Finextra Research

Schroders explores digital asset fund in Singapore

Global asset manager Schroders has teamed up with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to develop a tokenised digital asset fund.

27 June 2023

News/crypto

US asset managers apply to SEC for bitcoin ETFs

The ongoing effort to persuade the SEC to approve crypto investment products continues, following news that many of the country’s largest asset managers, BlackRock, WisdomTree and Invesco, have applied to the SEC for permission to launch a spot bitcoin ETF.

22 June 2023

News/crypto

Crypto trade group criticises SEC insider trading case

A US-based trade association representing crypto firms has called for the dismissal of an insider trading case brought by the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) arguing that the regulator has unfairly labelled crypto assets as securities.

23 February 2023

News/payments

BNY Mellon offers outsourced trading to buy-side customers

BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC has expanded its outsourced trading offering to a buy-side trading division, xBK.

27 January 2023

News/crypto

Bitwise launches active crypto fund

The world's largest crypto index fund manager, US-based Bitwise, is expanding from passive to active management in an effort to attract more institutional investors.

03 November 2022

News/sustainable

Sibos 2022: ‘The biggest problem with ESG is its complexity’ – Brown Brothers Harriman

At Sibos 2022 in Amsterdam, we spoke to Adrian Whelan, global head of regulatory intelligence, Brown Brothers Harriman, ahead of his panel session, ‘Green, clean, and ESG: Rewiring capital markets for a new generation of responsible investors.’

13 October 2022

News/wealth

Asset manager launches metaverse fund

Invesco, a global asset manager with $1.6 trillion of assets under management, has launched an investment fund focused on the metaverse.

22 August 2022

News/wealth

Schroders buys stake in digital assets firm

Global asset manager Schroders has acquired a minority share in Forteus, an asset manager focused on blockchain and digital assets.

19 July 2022

News/sustainable

Research reveals ESG data challenge

Buy-side firms are having to user a greater number of ESG data providers in order to make up for the lack of corporate disclosures around sustainability.

27 June 2022

News/sustainable

Sustainable Finance Live: The state of the supply chain

Sustainable Finance Live is back for another virtual event. Finextra and Responsible Risk have come together for a thought-provoking series of experiential events, welcoming banking and technology ecosystems to collaborate on enabling a wave of change.

01 December 2021