Zurich-headquartered private bank UBS has released its Global Wealth Report 2025. The survey provides insights into personal wealth across generations, genders, and on a regional level, analysing 56 markets globally, which are estimated to represent over 92 per cent...
Global private credit fundraising jumped by almost 60 per cent in the first quarter of 2025, according to a new report by JP Morgan. However, this gain came entirely from Europe, the firm said, with North America moderating for the...
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) cut its interest rate to zero, seeking to deter investors from pushing up the franc. Investors seeking safe havens amid US tariff threats and trade uncertainty have driven up the Swiss currency, causing consumer prices...
The significant expansion in the private credit market over the past decade has led to a “fragmented technological landscape”, according to a new report by KPMG. The private credit market has seen a steady rise over the past 10 years,...
Funding Circle, the UK's leading SME finance platform, secured a £230 million credit facility from Citi, that the firm will deploy to support its continued strong growth in flexible SME finance solutions. Funding Circle will use the credit facility to...
Ares Management has launched its first European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF), opening up access to its €73bn direct lending strategy to individual investors across the European Economic Area. The Ares European Strategic Income ELTIF Fund (AESIF ELTIF) is a semi-liquid,...
The FTGF Putnam US Research fund is available to retail investors in Singapore and Hong Kong. Franklin Templeton today announced the introduction of Putnam Investments’ strategies in Asia, beginning with the launch of the FTGF Putnam US Research fund in...
Private equity firms are holding an estimated $1tn in unrealised assets amid delayed exits and macroeconomic headwinds, according to PwC’s 2025 midyear deal outlook. While limited partners are becoming increasingly restless, industry leaders remain cautiously optimistic about a rebound in...
Tensec, a startup founded by ex-Rapyd, Meta, and Goldman Sachs executives, has raised $12 million in seed funding to take on the $190 trillion B2B cross-border payments market. Tensec wants to provide global trading companies and their clients access to...
The bank expects to have reduced its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 64%. Mizuho Financial Group has cumulatively extended $278b (JPY40.3t) in sustainable finance loans between FY2019 and FY2024, according to its climate & nature report released in June...
