Category : Markets

Global banking regulators are pushing for punitive rules on investments in crypto assets by financial instutions. The proposals by the influential Basel Committee, split...

State Street is embracing the shift to decentralised finance with the creation of a new division specifically to engage with digital assets, including cryptocurrencies. ...

UOB has become the first bank in Singapore to run its latest bond offering using a distributed ledger platform developed by Singapore Exchange and...

BondEvalue, a Singapore-based debt trading platform for the masses, has raised $6 million in its Series A round of fund raising, with MassMutual Ventures...

HSBC has added an AI-powered equity index structured product to its wealth offerings in Hong Kong. The new index is part of the AiPEX...

David Craig, the former CEO of Refinitiv, has resurfaced as co-chairman of a new market-led Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), which will support...

The Bank for International Settlements’ Basel Committee is set to hold a public consultation on the treatment of banks’ cryptoasset exposures. The committee says...

A group of 11 banks, including NatWest and Deutsche Bank, have been trialling a DLT-based platform for intraday FX swaps. The FX swaps market...

Lightyear, a commission-free investment platform founded by two early Wise employees, has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding. Wise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus and Teleport...

Nasdaq has acquired a majority stake in emerging carbon removal market Puro.earth. The acqusition expands Nasdaq’s ESG strategy into a new online marketplace to...