The applications the SEC will consider, for ETFs that hold Bitcoin futures, all follow a format that SEC Chair Gary Gensler has indicated could be received favorably by the regulator.
The devastating consequences of a default make it unlikely to happen, advisers say. Inflation is a bigger threat.
The two exchange-traded funds focused on digital assets and blockchain are being offered in partnership with Galaxy Digital Holdings.
Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Mo., raised concerns about what Gensler's recent hiring of Barbara Roper means for the future of the Regulation Best Interest standard of conduct.
Research shows that investors in digital currencies also see inflation as a longer-term reality.
European soccer has always been desperate for cash, but that’s grown more acute after the pandemic kept crowds away from stadiums and left some of the continent’s biggest and most successful clubs with eye-watering debt.
Portfolio managers debate the best way to hedge inflation risk while also downplaying the likelihood of rising prices.
The addition of Axio Financial will add structured notes to the iCapital platform, marking the first product technically available to retail investors.
The deal looks like a positive development for confused and cash-starved investors and financial advisers who sold the private placements.
Crypto custodians must provide the same types of institutional infrastructure available to any other asset classes.
SALT conference panelists say millennials' heightened interest in crypto investing comes amid the largest generational transfer of wealth.
GOP senators assert that the SEC's effort to expand ESG reporting pushes a social policy agenda, while the SEC chair says agency is reacting to investors' demands for more information.
Private equity firms' insurance companies accounted for more than 40% of all indexed annuity sales industrywide during the second quarter.
iCapital’s advisers can access digital currency investments for their clients through a Grayscale diversified market-cap weighted investment.
Technology is opening up access to alternative investments, often getting around high minimums by combining multiple, smaller investments into a single fund.
As the traditional blend of stocks and bonds is undermined by persistently low interest rates, advisers are turning to alternative investments to achieve both higher returns and diversification. But alts pose their own challenges.
The agency has said that it will sue the exchange if Coinbase lets customers earn interest on their digital tokens.
Even though advisers don’t have to comply with the rule for more than a year, it ranked as the hottest compliance topic, according to a survey; cybersecurity and climate change/ESG were other areas worrying advisers.
The regulator sued five BitConnect promoters in May for their roles in promoting the scheme by creating testimonials on YouTube, sometimes multiple times a day.
Long-short strategy launching by October to focus on global consumer, tech, financial and healthcare stocks with $1 billion or more.
