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The current volatile economic environment, with the war in Ukraine, interest rate uncertainty, and the lingering effects of COVID, has enforced the need for investors to diversify their portfolios with uncorrelated assets. Insurance-linked investments, once dominated by catastrophe coverage, actually have a variety of options that, while lesser-kn...
14 June 2022 /startups /markets Alternative Investments
Rodrigo Zepeda CEO at Storm-7 Consulting Limited
By Rodrigo Zepeda, CEO, Storm-7 Consulting [Part I of a four part blog series] INTRODUCTION This multi-part series of blogs will introduce readers to the concept of ‘greenwashing’, and it will seek to show why greenwashing should now be considered to be a highly important issue in the United Kingdom (UK). More importantly, by comparing greenwashi...
14 June 2022 /sustainable /markets Climate Fintech
By Rodrigo Zepeda, CEO, Storm-7 Consulting Limited [Part IV of a four part blog series] It has been widely published in the media that the United States (US) fund manager ‘Elliott Management’ has commenced a judicial review claim against London Metal Exchange (LME) in the English High Court via its affiliates, Elliott Associates LP (EALP) and Ell...
13 June 2022 /regulation /markets Law and Finance
Yuliya Barabash Managing Partner at SBSB Fintech Lawyers
How war in Ukraine effected the world Fintech? Russia's war in Ukraine affected all the CIS countries and somewhat all the world. As well the war influenced fintech companies, whose rapid development was observed after the pandemic. Let's take a look what fintech companies have been targeted by the russian invasion and how they can expand their bu...
13 June 2022 /payments /markets Trends in Financial Services
Jamel Derdour CMO at Transact365 / Nucleus365
For the majority of the payment industry’s history, innovation has been led by multinational payment organizations. Having established a foothold in advanced economies and setting the groundwork for digital payment processes, these renowned brands are now responsible for the majority of payments facilitated in Western markets. Now, the payments s...
13 June 2022 /payments /markets Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
By Rodrigo Zepeda, CEO, Storm-7 Consulting Limited [Part III of a four part blog series] Fund manager ‘Elliott Management’ has commenced a judicial review claim against London Metal Exchange (LME) in the English High Court via its affiliates, Elliott Associates LP (EALP) and Elliott International LP (EILP). The LME has publicly asserted that this...
09 June 2022 /regulation /markets Law and Finance
Donica Venter Marketing coordinator at Traderoot
Technology has changed at an astounding pace over the two few years, especially for the payments industry. The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the development of payment solutions far beyond what anyone could have expected. Omnichannel payments are changing the way businesses interact with customers, and the way customers interact with businesses. W...
09 June 2022 /payments /markets The Payments Business
By Rodrigo Zepeda, CEO, Storm-7 Consulting Limited [Part II of a four part blog series] The United States (US) fund manager ‘Elliott Management’ is currently suing London Metal Exchange (LME) via its affiliates, Elliott Associates LP (EALP) and Elliott International LP (EILP) in the English High Court. The ‘judicial review’ claim initiated by EAL...
08 June 2022 /regulation /markets Law and Finance
By Rodrigo Zepeda, CEO, Storm-7 Consulting Limited [Part I of a four part blog series] It has been recently reported that the London Metal Exchange (LME) is being sued by affiliates of the New York hedge fund 'Elliott Management' for $456 million (£363 million), because of the LME's decision to suspend trading in nickel contracts and to cancel n...
07 June 2022 /regulation /markets Law and Finance
Yahya Mohamed Mao Head of Business Development & Marketing at Swiss GRC
The ESG (environmental, social, governance) movement has received considerable attention and financial support in recent years, leading to a number of new investment products and funds being launched around the world. ESG investments already account for more than $20 trillion in AUM, or almost one-quarter of all professionally managed assets globa...
05 June 2022 /sustainable /markets Going green
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