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Global Regulators Back ‘same Risk, Same Regulation’ for Stablecoins
Date: July 13, 2022
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Major stablecoins must comply with the same safeguards as traditional forms of payments, global regulators said on Wednesday, tightening controls over a battered crypto sector. Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies designed to have a stable value relative to traditional currencies, or to a commodity, to avoid the volatility that makes bitcoin...
A Beginner’s Guide to Investing
Date: July 11, 2022
By Marcus de Maria, Founder and Chairman of Investment Mastery When embarking on an investment journey, it is important to first identify your ‘why,’ as this is a great place to go back to if you ever meet any challenges or setbacks. It is your ‘why’ that is driving you to start learning this new...
Alternative Investment Funds: Are Guernsey and Jersey the ‘new Luxembourg’?
Date: July 11, 2022
By Damien Fitzgerald, Head of Funds for Guernsey at ZEDRA For decades, Luxembourg has been viewed as the centre of the European alternative investment fund industry. But the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey have been, quietly, carving an alternative asset class path of their own, not least with cryptocurrency and sustainable themes already launched...
How Did the Great Gen-Wealth Shift Become so Important?
Date: July 8, 2022
By Spiros Mouratis, Financial Services expert at PA Consulting With the greatest generational transfer of wealth in history due over the next 20 years, how will Millennials and Gen Zs want to invest their money and are financial institutions prepared to adapt to meet their investment and financial needs? There is a clear generational divide...
Britain’s Asset Managers Call for Blockchain Funds Regime
Date: July 7, 2022
By Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Investment Association on Thursday called for the government and regulators to give the green light to tokenised funds using blockchain technology, which could make it easier for retail investors to buy illiquid assets. Tokenised funds split their assets under management into fractions, enabling a reduced minimum investment, making...
EU Agrees Rules to Tame ‘Wild West’ Crypto Market
Date: July 1, 2022
By Huw Jones and Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters – Cryptocurrency companies will need a licence and customer safeguards to issue and sell digital tokens in the European Union under groundbreaking new rules agreed by the bloc to tame a volatile “Wild West” market. Globally, crypto assets are largely unregulated, with national operators in the EU...