Shanny Basar
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Decades More Growth in Private Markets
Erik Hirsch, co-chief executive of private markets asset manager Hamilton Lane, predicted that decades more growth will occur in private markets as they are expanding across many axes, including the entrance of retail. Hirsch spoke to Barry Ritho...
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Coinbase is ‘800 Pound Gorilla’ Providing Crypto as a Service
Eric Peters, chief executive of Coinbase Asset Management, said one of the big plays for the group is crypto-as-a-service, or CaaS, the business which supplies infrastructure services. Peters, who is also the founder and chief investment officer...
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Fund Managers’ Tech Spending may not Lead to Higher Productivity
Technology costs have grown disproportionately in asset management, but increased spending has not always translated into higher productivity according to research from consultancy McKinsey. The consultancy said in a report that costs in asset ma...
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Franklin Templeton Aims to be on Pole for Digital Assets
Franklin Templeton has added features to its Benji technology platform, the asset manager’s proprietary blockchain-integrated stack to facilitate trading, management, and administration of token-based investments, which it believes will provide a ...
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Fairmint Envisages Onchain Listings
Fairmint, the onchain securities platform, has surpassed $1bn in equity administered onchain for private companies and would like them to have the ability to directly list onchain. Joris Delanoue, chief executive of Fairmint, co-founded the com...
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Bullish is First to Use Stablecoins in IPO
Bullish, the institutionally focused global digital asset platform that provides market infrastructure and information services, has become the first firm to use stablecoins in an initial public offering. Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies that are ...
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Active ETFs Drive Inflows
Global active inflows for exchange-traded funds increased 73% in the first half of this year according to data from State Street and growth could accelerate further if the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission approves share class ETFs. Global E...
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Cboe U.S. Options Focuses on Innovation
Just over six months ago, in February this year, Meaghan Dugan joined Cboe Global Markets as head of U.S. options, with responsibility for overseeing the strategy, competitive positioning, market structure and market development for the business. ...
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