As finance continues to evolve to address broader global problems, carbon capture and the carbon credit market have become key areas of focus for a number of industry players. With climate change mitigation increasingly taking center stage for governments and people around the world, FinTech is taking a significant role in enabling companies to reduce their carbon footprint … [Read more...] about FinTech Rising Weekly: The Carbon Credit Revolution
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Crypto is Not Dead
Cboe Digital, a leading global exchange operator, announced that it has obtained approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to introduce margin futures for crypto like bitcoin, and ether. The announcement marks a significant development in the crypto market because the approval signifies a major step forward in integrating cryptocurrencies into traditional … [Read more...] about Crypto is Not Dead
API Technology Moves into Institutional Investments
Technology moves fast and slow. Weekly reports of developments in digital assets and cryptocurrencies this week show how fast new technologies can develop. At the same time, the news and announcements that caught my attention this week focus on good old application programming interfaces (APIs) gaining new uses to make the traditional world of institutional investing more … [Read more...] about API Technology Moves into Institutional Investments
September FinTech in Review: ESG and the Evolving Shape of Crypto
Our Week in FinTech columns for September covered themes of trends here to stay: ESG investing and the constantly-evolving face of cryptocurrency. Sustainable investing continues to be a major theme in the markets, and looks more and more like a model that all advisors need to learn inside and out to continue to play a significant role going forward. People want to know … [Read more...] about September FinTech in Review: ESG and the Evolving Shape of Crypto
ESG and the Investment Narrative
ESG continues to be an increasingly important to investors. What it emphasizes can mean a lot of different things to different people, but at its core it’s about investment that looks beyond the bottom line to put money to work on causes near and dear to an investor’s heart. But finding good ESG data to meet increasingly sophisticated client needs is difficult – reporting … [Read more...] about ESG and the Investment Narrative
Chinese Commodity Exchange Uses Digital Yuan to Pay Storage Fees
Letter From Shanghai No 738 - Blending e-CNY and the HKEX A50 This week we feature a guest post from John Browning, founding partner of Hong Kong commodity and financial futures broker BANDS Financial. In reporting on the state of and statistics on the Chinese economy, Browning follows the development by the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) of e-CNY, its digital yuan*. We last … [Read more...] about Chinese Commodity Exchange Uses Digital Yuan to Pay Storage Fees