Cryptocurrencies are no longer rare finds in the portfolios of many HNWIs in Asia today, and the demand for relevant lending solutions has followed suit. In a single year, asset-backed financing firm EquitiesFirst has witnessed an exponential growth of cryptocurrencies in its loan book. HNW investors can borrow capital by pledging against their cryptocurrency holdings. The concept itself is almost […]

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China is moving ahead with the possible internationalisation of the digital RMB in a move that private bank observers opine will drive the adoption of infrastructure and custodian services for digital assets — a key bottleneck for financial institutions in offering execution and trading services in such assets. China’s unprecedented assertiveness comes as other central banks ruminate over the contours […]

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This week: FlowBank: China’s equity markets are undervalued, under-owned and under-appreciated; LGT Private Banking: Equity markets vulnerable to setbacks this year; T. Rowe Price: Secular growth stocks, at the right price, should continue to compound good returns; BlackRock: Slowing of Fed easy policy hinges on signs of durable growth and employment momentum; PIMCO: Fed can successfully engineer a smooth shift […]

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In a move that may assuage money managers’ nerves on investment options for digital assets, the European Central Bank has said that it will decide “towards the middle of 2021” whether or not to launch a digital euro project so as to “be prepared for the possible issuance of a digital euro at some point in the future”. A digital […]

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