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Ex-Barclays Wealth chief’s insight tool courting investors
Former Barclays Wealth and Investment chief executive Akshaya Bhargava has founded a fintech app, which promises to bring insights from institutional asset management to private investors and their advisers.
Praemium secures regulatory approval to launch UAE funds
Australian investment platform Praemium has launched five investment funds in the UAE, as it prepares to set up shop in the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC).
China nationalises troubled insurer Anbang
Insurance giant Anbang is entirely under government control after the country’s regulator confirmed it has seized over 98% of the formerly privately-held conglomerate.
Eastspring steps up multi-asset game
Eastspring Investments is looking at ESG and China-focused multi-asset products and adding people to its investment team, according to Colin Graham, Singapore-based chief investment officer for multi-asset solutions.
ESG: the art of predicting the future
Socially-responsible investing is not about short-term gains, says Union Investment’s sustainability chief Florian Sommer, it’s about divining future business trends and working out which companies are best able to adapt.