Tagged: investment portfolio

October 25, 2021 @ 10:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

YieldStreet, an investment crowdfunding platform for alternative assets, notes that they were founded on the principle that “access to and the distribution of income-generating investment products was fundamentally broken.” Yieldstreet’s primary goal is to offer investors access to alternative investments across asset classes that were… Read More

October 24, 2021 @ 4:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A newly developed investment app has been introduced in the US. Like most other services, it also promises to better serve retail clients and offer engaging social investment opportunities. AleFi‘s management explains that they allow subscribers to view portfolios shared by professional or highly experienced… Read More

October 19, 2021 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DriveWealth, LLC, a pioneer in fractional investing and embedded finance, has formed a partnership with Grupo Bursátil Mexicano (GBM), the investment platform and brokerage company that is streamlining the investing sector with the goal of democratizing investing in Mexico. By leveraging DriveWealth’s real-time fractional trading… Read More

October 19, 2021 @ 2:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Etcho, which wants to empower and motivate anyone to “tailor their investments in a way that matters uniquely to them,” has raised 113% (£198,719) of its £175,000 target from 174 investors via Crowdcube (at the time of writing). There are currently 25 days left in… Read More

October 18, 2021 @ 9:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Amanah Saham Nasional Berhad (ASNB), the wholly-owned unit trust management firm of Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), revealed earlier this week the introduction of its mobile registration and online onboarding solution (e-KYC), along with a goal-based investing feature via the myASNB mobile app. The digital onboarding… Read More

October 8, 2021 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

You can now invest commission-free with Freetrade, thanks to a new offer that’s currently available only with Monzo Plus and Monzo Premium. The Monzo team writes in a blog post that investing can be “a good way to grow your savings over the long-term.” That’s… Read More

October 5, 2021 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European P2P investors have been shifting their focus to diversification. The analysts of the European investment platform Robo.cash stated that the volume of investment in long-term loans on the platform “is 21% higher than the investment in short-term.” Meanwhile, 32% of customers “diversify their portfolio… Read More

September 25, 2021 @ 10:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The peer-to-peer (P2P) market volumes for the first 8 months of this year are comparable to the GDP of the Maldives and Fiji, according to an update from Croatian P2P lender Robo.cash. The number of P2P investors is reportedly greater than the population of 52… Read More

September 20, 2021 @ 7:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NTUC Income, an insurance cooperative based in Singapore, recently revealed that it has introduced a micro investment-related plan (ILP) via the SNACK by Income mobile app. SNACK Investment has reportedly taken a stackable approach that enables clients to create their investment portfolios with bite-sized premiums… Read More

September 5, 2021 @ 6:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

StashAway, a digital wealth management platform, has officially launched in Thailand, which marks a completely new overseas market for the Singapore-headquartered Fintech firm. StashAway, which mainly offers Robo-advisory services, has already established operations in Dubai, Hong Kong, and Malaysia. The StashAway platform, currently accessible to… Read More

September 5, 2021 @ 9:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Croatian peer-to-peer lender Robo.cash notes that 62% of European P2P investors “support the opportunity” of purchasing loans via the secondary market. The increasing demand for this option is mainly driven by experienced clients with adequate funding, the Robo.cash team writes in a blog post. During… Read More

September 3, 2021 @ 12:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at IHS Markit reveals that they’ve teamed up with Fintech Studios to offer market intelligence, research and analytics as part of thinkFolio, their multi-asset investment management solution. Fintech Studios’ Apollo.ai makes use of an artificial intelligence engine to curate content that may be… Read More

August 30, 2021 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Scalable Capital, an online broker and one of Europe’s largest digital wealth management platforms, recently expanded its savings plan offering. Scalable Capital customers are now able to consistently save towards stocks, exchange-traded funds or ETFs, and virtual currencies, beginning at just 1 Euro savings rate…. Read More

August 26, 2021 @ 7:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In yet another sign that the day trading craze is here to stay (due in part to permanent changes in consumer behavior following the COVID outbreak), a pre-product stock trading Fintech has bagged $10 million via a seed round. Shares.io, a Fintech firm launched this… Read More

August 22, 2021 @ 12:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stratiphy, which automatically suggests your “next investment move” using sustainable investment strategies, has raised £282,035 or 141% of its £200,000 target from 328 investors (at the time of writing) via Crowdcube. Startiphy’s management notes that they intend “to simplify the process of analyzing the stock… Read More

August 21, 2021 @ 11:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Robo.cash, a Croatian peer-to-peer lender, has shared insights on different investment approaches. In a new blog post, Robo.cash talks about the liquidity strategy. As explained by the P2P lender,  liquidity is one of the “significant factors” that make assets appealing to investors…. Read More

August 20, 2021 @ 9:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Goldex, a multi-dealer marketplace for allocated physical gold, reveals that it has introduced a free-of-cost online academy to “democratize” financial literacy around gold. Goldex Academy will be hosting a “dedicated” vault of informative content with insights on how to go about making investments in gold…. Read More

August 16, 2021 @ 9:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital asset firm Gemini has released their Singapore market report, which reveals that the COVID-19 crisis led to two-thirds of investors in the Southeast Asian country to increase their cryptocurrency holdings. As noted by Gemini: “Today (August 14, 2021), we are excited… Read More

August 7, 2021 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

YieldStreet, an investment crowdfunding platform for alternative assets, which recently reported topping $2 billion in deals funded while returning more than $1 billion to investors, notes that the company was founded on the “premise of narrowing the income and opportunity gap.” The YieldStreet team writes… Read More

August 7, 2021 @ 8:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at UK-based Sourced Capital, the home of property-backed peer to peer investing, notes that when you’re deciding to invest into property, selecting the appropriate location is a good place to begin, and the type of property investment strategy that Sourced Capital’s Borrowers choose… Read More