Digital Wealth: Apollo, WestCap, Temasek invest $50MM into Alts fintech iCapital @$6B valuation
iCapital powers access to alternative investments, like hedge funds and private equity, for broad consortium of private banks and investment managers
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🇺🇸 Backers Inject More Funds Into iCapital Network - Family Wealth Report, January 3, New York
🇺🇸 Wealthtech Addepar Releases Proprietary Index, Measuring Investor Sentiment In Private Wealth Portfolios - Crowdfund Insider, January 3, California and Monthly Investor Sentiment Index (PDF download)
🇺🇸 Unifimoney Announces Integration With Q2's Digital Banking Platform To Offer Digital Wealth Management Solutions - Yahoo Finance, January 5, San Francisco
North America News
🇺🇸 Fintech Automation To Utilise Finicity To Add Open Banking Data To Platform - Finextra, January 5, Utah
🇺🇸 SEI Enhances Advisor Technology Platform And Advances Cloud Transformation - PR Newswire, January 5, Pennsylvania
🇺🇸 Anda Launches, Driving Hispanic Financial Inclusion - PYMNTS, January 3, California
🇺🇸 The Metaverse Is Open For Business As Bitski Enables Digital Storefronts For All - Investing, January 4, California
🇧🇸 Bahamas’ Central Bank Moves To Eliminate Cheques - Finextra, December 29, Bahamas
🇺🇸 Vanguard Group Restores Check Writing And Printable PDFs, Gets Tim Buckley Off Voicemail And Preserves Its Funds' Pristine Reputation, Yet Also Reignited Investors Predisposed To Label It A Digital Bumbler - RIABiz, January 6, Pennsylvania
EMEA News
🇬🇧 M&G Wealth To Focus On Tech To Grow Platform - FT Adviser, December 31, London
🇰🇪 CMA Admits Robo-Advisor To Regulatory Sandbox - Capital Business, December 29, Nairobi
🇸🇨 IBG Finance To Launch Wealth Management Portal - EIN Presswire, January 5, Seychelles
🇬🇧 BNPL Startup Pollenpay Readies For UK Launch - Finextra, January 5, Manchester
Asia Pacific News
🇨🇳 China Central Bank Launches Digital Yuan Wallet Apps For Android, IOS - Investing, January 4, Shanghai
🇮🇳 CoinSwitch Kuber To Reboot As Wealth Tech Startup: CEO - The Economic Times, December 27, Bangalore
🇸🇬 Revolut To Enable Singapore Users To Trade Gold And Silver In 2022 - Fintech News Singapore, January 5, Singapore
🇮🇳 Indian Start Up Ikonz To Manage & Monetise Digital IPs, NFTs Across Metaverses - The Economic Times, January 5, New Delhi
🇹🇭 Merkle Capital Receives Licence For Digital Funds - Bangkok Post, January 6, Bangkok
Blogs, Webinars, Podcasts
🇮🇳 Top 10 Wealthtech Companies In India In 2022 - Inventiva, January 1, India
🇺🇸 5 Signs A Robo-Advisor Is The Best Way For You To Invest - NASDAQ, December 25, New York
🇺🇸 Challenging New Wealthtech Frontiers In 2022 - Wealth Professional, January 5, New York
🇺🇸 How AI Is Adding Value In Wealth And Asset Management - Forbes, December 17, New Jersey
🇺🇸 Five Digital Asset Market Predictions For 2022 - Wealth Management, January 5, California
🇺🇸 The Top Investing Story Of 2021: Investing In Cryptocurrency And Digital Assets - Wealth Management, December 27, New York
Virtual Events & Conferences
🌍 Asian Financial Forum - Asian Financial Forum, January 10-11, Virtual
🇺🇸 MIT Fintech Conference 2022 - MIT, February 25-26, Virtual
🇪🇺 Fintech & Enterprise Tech Europe 2022 - Plug And Play Fintech Europe, January 25-27, Virtual
🇭🇰 GBA Wealthtech Forum 2022 - VFF Events, January 11, Virtual
🇭🇰 Fintech Asia Summit 2022 - Fintech Asia Summit, January 20, Virtual
Reports, Surveys, & Awards
🇹🇭 PolarBearX Wins Three Awards At Asia Startup Forum - Bangkok Post, December 27, Bangkok
🌍 Digital Wealth Management Market Will Generate Massive Revenue In Future- A Comprehensive Study On Key Players: Salesforce, FactSet Insight, AdvisorEngine - Digital Journal, January 3, Global
🇺🇸 Axos Invest Review 2022: Pros And Cons - AOL, December 27, Las Vegas
🇺🇸 Digital Wealth Management Market Share 2022 With Key Industry Manufacturers – CreditPoint Software, SoftTarget Inc, Broadridge Investment Management Solutions, SimCorp Inc, Sungard Financials, QED Financial System, Etc - Energy Siren, December 25, New York
🌍 Global Robo-Advisor Market 2026 , Betterment, FutureAdvisor, Personal Capital, Vanguard Personal Advisor, Wealthfront, WiseBanyan, SigFig Wealth Management, Schwab Intelligent Portfolios, SoFi Wealth, Wealthsimple, Ellevest Etc… - Agence De Presse D.I.A., December 30, Global
Partnerships, Deals, Movers
🇨🇭 Digital Asset Tech Company Sygnum Crosses S$1B Valuation With S$120M In Series B Funds - The Business Times, January 5, Zurich
🇸🇬 SG Digest: Autowealth Nets $3.7m, Agrimax Secures $6m Funding - Deal Street Asia, January 4, Singapore
🇩🇰 CellPoint Digital Secures $25 Million Investment To Expand Into New Markets - Finextra, January 5, Copenhagen
🇰🇷 Korea’s SK Group To Invest $700M In Malaysia Including Digital Bank And EV - The Malaysian Reserve, January 4, Seoul
🇮🇳 Fintech Platform CASHe Raises $19 Mn From Its Singaporean Parent TSLC - VCCircle, January 4, Mumbai
🇮🇩 Southeast Asian Open Finance Startup Brankas Gets $20M Series B Led By Insignia Ventures - TechCrunch, January 5, Jakarta
🇺🇸 Solana DeFi Protocol Exotic Markets Raises $5M Ahead Of Mainnet Launch - CoinDesk, January 5, Texas
🇭🇰 TDX Strategies Raises US$2.5 Million In Series A Strategic Financing Round Led By Transcend Capital Partners - Investing, January 5, Hong Kong
🇮🇩 Bukalapak, Salim Group To Buy Into Digital Lender Allo Bank - The Jakarta Post, January 4, Jakarta
🇫🇷 Worldline Completes Acquisition Of Majority Stake In Italy's Axepta - Finextra, January 4, Bezons
🇺🇸 NFT-Focused Holding Company Raises $50M Series A - Investing, January 5, Miami
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Dear Lex, could you please cover the latest cooperation between Centrifuge and Aave with that RWA markets. https://twitter.com/stanikulechov/status/1478513985041358850?s=21 Is this the integration from traditionell players into DeFi and makes this in your opinion sense? Thanks.