Retail investors boost August flows as market recovery continues October 1, 2020 UK savers ploughed £1.8bn into retail funds last month as the fund market started to show signs of a post-Covid recovery. Volatility within bond markets has calmed somewhat as a result of central bank stimulus, which is in turn attracting investors. Read more: Investors turn their back on UK equity funds due to Brexit jitters [...]
State of the market: Mining October 1, 2020 It was the year that Bitcoin maximalists have been looking forward to for some time, all in hope that the infamous block reward halving will result in an aggressive price squeeze, causing Bitcoin to finally break out of years of doldrum price action. However, consensus market expectations do not always materialise, be that due to [...]
Investors stuck in Woodford fund face further repayment delays September 30, 2020 Investors stuck in Neil Woodford’s collapsed flagship fund have been dealt a further blow as administrator Link was today unable to reveal when the wind-up will be completed. Today Link warned that some of the remaining assets, which are currently worth £288m, will not be released until mid to late next year. So far £2.45bn [...]
Industry 4.0 meets DeFi September 30, 2020 The Historical Roots Over two centuries ago we learned that there is a more efficient way of manufacturing and we shifted from hand production to machines through the use of steam power and water power. That era was marked as the First Industrial Revolution in our history books. Followed by adoption of electricity, installations of [...]
CryptoAM.io goes DeDays and together create “The Mallorca Roundtable” September 29, 2020 Over the course of the past nine months, we have seen many things grow: fear, uncertainty, doubt and the number of bankruptcies, especially in hospitality. I myself was impacted by this loss in business and am still working on saving the remains of a great idea that was the Craft Coin Company which still holds [...]
James Bowater in conversation with Nathan Kaiser, Chairperson of the Cardano Foundation September 29, 2020 It’s hard to believe that this time last year I was taking part in a tree-planting ceremony in Plovdiv, Bulgaria with the senior teams from the Cardano Foundation, EMURGO, and IOHK to celebrate Cardano’s second birthday. The world was very different, with us all jetting in for the occasion. Ironically, the COVID crisis has done [...]
US proposal on ESG causes sparks to fly… but it’s the right move September 29, 2020 | City Talk A spotlight has been cast on the curious logic underpinning the case for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing by the US Department of Labor’s recent actions. In June, the DOL proposed a new rule that would limit the ability of most employee retirement plans to select investments based on ESG factors. More than 8,700 pieces [...]
