The demand for private debt has reached new heights in Europe, according to research from Neuberger Berman. The firm’s most recent European Fund Selector Study found that this year 47% of respondents were planning to boost their private debt allocations. This...
The Bank of Mexico lowered its benchmark interest rate by half of a percentage point in a split vote and left the door open for further cuts. The five-member board of governors voted 4-1 in favor of cutting the overnight...
The commitment by the French infrastructure investor will support the creation of one gigawatt of renewable energy capacity across Europe. Infranity, a Paris-based asset manager specialising in sustainable infrastructure, has invested €200m in Blue Elephant Energy, a Hamburg, Germany-based renewable...
The “stability” of private credit markets versus public markets has been “amplified” by the recent spike in volatility triggered by the rollout of tariffs in the US, playing into its strengths as a “preferred partner”, according to Blue Owl’s...
Fitch sees shallower slowdown, boosts GDP forecasts as trade tensions ease. Global economic growth will still slowly sharply over the next couple of years, but with the U.S. backing down on certain tariffs, the outlook is a bit brighter, Fitch...
In the uncertain landscape, more family offices are allocating to alternative assets Geopolitical uncertainty has pushed global family offices to shift their risk management strategies into high gear, according to a recent survey. Conducted by global asset manager BlackRock Inc. and...
Digital Asset has raised $135 million to promote adoption of its Canton Network blockchain. “This funding accelerates institutional and decentralized finance adoption on the Canton Network, the only public, permissionless Layer-1 blockchain that offers configurable privacy and institutional-grade compliance at...
AI-driven financial planning and advice platform Quinn has emerged from stealth with $11 million in seed funding led by Viola Fintech. Quinn's platform uses AI to help FIs grow the market that has access to financial planning and advice services....
Production expected to reach 3.5 million barrels a day this year. Oilsands output is forecast to hit a new record this year and add another half a million barrels a day from last year’s levels by 2030 despite global crude...
The World Bank has agreed to guarantee funding to Banco do Brasil, enabling the bank to offer up to US$700mn in trade finance to MSMEs. The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (Miga), an arm of the World Bank, will provide...
