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...
Developing countries are not keeping up, warns Unctad’s World Investment Report 2025. The digital economy has become an even more important driver of global economic growth, but a high concentration of investment risks leaving many developing economies behind, according to...
Syndicated debt markets in Europe have seen “meaningful growth” so far this year, despite short-term volatility triggered by geopolitical uncertainty, according to Baird. Primary issuance year-to-date in syndicated debts markets is up 34 per cent versus the same period in...
A report from think tank New Financial, in partnership with asset manager Fidelity International, has identified a potential €4.8 trillion opportunity to transform Europe’s financial landscape — by shifting savers out of cash and into long-term investments. The study comes...
North American institutional investors are turning to private credit as they brace for more market volatility over the next 12 months, according to a new Schroders survey. The annual Global Investor Insights Survey reported that 53 per cent of North...
