technology

Generative AI and the Prisoner’s Dilemma

Funds Europe -

In the race to evolve AI, tech giants are copying each other and seem to have joined an unpredictable race which could jeopardise their...

Linedata acquires French gen AI startup

Nik Pratt -

Asset management tech provider Linedata has purchased DreamQuark, a France-based provider of generative AI services. The startup’s software-as-a-service AI systems will be incorporated into Linedata’s...

ESMA outlines DLT pilot challenges

Nik Pratt -

Europe’s securities regulator ESMA has written to the European Commission, Parliament and Council to explain the underwhelming progress of its DLT Pilot Regime. The project...

Manulife IM concludes CQS acquisition

Nik Pratt -

Manulife Investment Management (IM) has announced the completion of its purchase of UK-based alternative credit manager CQS. The transaction, first announced in November 2023, is...

DWS launches Xtrackers ETCs providing access to bitcoin and ethereum

Piyasi Mitra -

DWS has listed two new Xtrackers exchange traded commodities (ETC) providing bitcoin and ethereum access on Deutsche Börse in collaboration with Galaxy Digital Holdings...

Investors are focusing on tokenisation and DeFi, research finds

Piyasi Mitra -

Institutional investors and wealth managers are increasingly focusing on the opportunities from tokenisation and decentralised finance solutions (DeFI), research has shown. According to London-based Nickel...

Emerging markets hedge fund capital gains led by AI and cryptocurrency

Piyasi Mitra -

Emerging Markets hedge funds carried their year-end surge into 2024, buoyed by expectations of falling inflation and interest rates and a stronger global economy. The...

Insurers’ spending increases to apply greater scrutiny of risks

Nick Fitzpatrick -

Insurers increasingly spend on scenario analysis and stress testing to gain greater transparency about their investment strategies. Part of the pressure to do this is...

Regulatory complexity to force more managers to outsource

Nik Pratt -

Fund managers are set to make greater use of third-party service providers to cope with an increasingly complex regulatory environment, suggests research. A study commissioned...

Study uncovers difference in public vs private climate funds

Nik Pratt -

Research shows that climate funds have boomed in the last four years in both private and public capital. However, there are clear differences in terms...

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