Shanny Basar
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Columbia Threadneedle Adds to Growth of Active ETFs
Columbia Threadneedle Investments has become the latest U.S asset manager to offer active exchange-traded funds in Europe, after assets in active ETFs reached a record in 2025. State Street said in a statement on 8 January 2026 that it was the se...
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Fund Managers Need to Develop an Onchain Offering
Amundi, the largest European asset manager, has warned that asset managers that do not develop an onchain offering will risk losing share to both more agile legacy managers and new “Web 3.0” asset managers. In a report, Fund Tokenization Beyond t...
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Morgan Stanley Adds to Crypto ‘ETF-Palooza’
Morgan Stanley has filed to launch bitcoin and solana exchange-traded funds as it has been predicted that more than 100 crypto-linked ETFs will launch this year. The U.S bank filed with the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission on 6 January 2026...
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MEMX Technology Boosted by ‘Market as a Service’ Model
David Mellor, head of market technology at MEMX, believes the technology-driven exchange operator’s model of delivering technology though ‘market as a service’ is a superior model and positions the firm for growth across geographies and asset clas...
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Digital Assets to Absorb Parts of Traditional Finance
Arca, which aims to be a leading digital asset financial institution, predicted that in 2026 digital assets will absorb parts of traditional finance (TradFi) rather than replace them. In a report, Arca said the mistake of the past two years has b...
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Blockchain to Unlock Collateral Movement, More Efficient Financing
FT Partners, an investment banking firm focused on the financial technology sector, hosted a webinar, Tokenization of Real World Assets: The State of Play, on 16 December 2025. Adena Friedman, chair and chief executive of Nasdaq, said the U.S. e...
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ClearToken Launches CLS-Type Settlement for Crypto
On the surface, there may not be appear to be a connection between the collapse of a German bank about 50 years ago and today’s crypto market. The link starts on the afternoon of 26 June 1974, when German regulators were forced to close Bankhaus ...
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Zodia Custody Prepares for Fusion of Digital Assets, TradFi
At the beginning of this year Anoosh Arevshatian took on the role of chief product officer at Zodia Custody, the institutional digital asset custody firm backed by Standard Chartered Bank, Japan's SBI Group, Northern Trust, and National Australia ...
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