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While these forecasts cast a shadow over the future, there is a perspective from a key man of the financial world. Ben Powell, Chief Investment Strategist for APAC at BlackRock Investment Institute, believes India could benefit from the increasingly complex geopolitical environment—if the country plays its cards right. Powell said, while the global geopolitical situation may seem daunting, it could present unique opportunities for India.«When I think about a country like India, if they play the game skillfully, we can say that so far this is the case, and there is an ability to benefit from some of the geopolitical complexity, which for sure is causing worry, but also can create opportunity for those countries which are skillful and flexible enough to navigate what is a complicated environment,» Powell told ET Now.

Ben Powell, Chief Investment Strategist for APAC, BlackRock Investment Institute, says we are going to see more and more tie-ups between governments, in terms of legal framework, regulatory permissions, and societal buy-ins. A partnership between governments and private capital is important because many Western countries do not have so much fiscal firepower. Coming to India, Powell says the BRICS meeting is going on in Russia and we have seen Prime Minister Modi embracing President Putin. Modi will also be sitting down with President Xi later today., India seems to be in a amazing position where on the one hand it is a cherished partner of the BRICS with huge positives, obviously energy and other dimensions and on the other hand, India is an absolute cornerstone of US policy, most obviously through Quad. What is the future of finance going to look like and how can investors benefit out of it? Ben Powell: The need to mobilise capital and fund all of the aspirations is the practical reality.

According to the Thinking Ahead Institute, the 2023 figure represented a 12.5% uptick from the previous year, after AUM fell 13.7%, or $18trn, during 2022. BlackRock, Vanguard, Fidelity, State Street and JP Morgan made up the top five largest money managers in the world, managing more than $30trn between them. For the first time ever, passive investment strategies accounted for more than one third of AUM among the 500 largest firms (33.7%). UK investment management industry AUM recovers to £9.1trn This was partly the result of «a compelling value proposition, particularly in ter...

Jio Financial will be in focus in Friday's trade as the company will announce its second quarter earnings later today. In the run up to the results, shares of Jio have been muted with a fall of over 6%. In the last five days, the stock sinked nearly 4% amid an overall bearish trend in the markets.

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In its Ratings Round-Up for August and September, Square Mile analysts argued that the KPC vehicle «has faced ongoing underperformance relative to its benchmark, and its net asset value has sat at a persistent discount to its share price, which has continued even as global equity markets have recovered». According to data from the Association of Investment Companies, the trust is currently trading at a 6.5% discount to net asset value. BlackRock Continental European Income fund retains Square Mile rating despite manager departure The board has spent the last year looking at a range...

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Microsoft plans to invest 4.3 billion euros ($4.8 billion) over the next two years to strengthen its artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud infrastructure in northern Italy, it said on Wednesday. Microsoft said in a statement the investment would be the U.S. company's largest in Italy to date. It will make the cloud region ItalyNorth one of the biggest Microsoft data centres in Europe, working as a data hub also for the Mediterranean and north Africa. Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith met Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Wednesday, the PM's office said in a note, adding the government welcomed an investment that would strengthen Italy's digital role in the Mediterranean.

The fund, now ranking 10th on ii's list in September, had held a top ten spot since the platform began tracking the most-bought investments in 2018. Alongside Fundsmith Equity, other new entries included private equity trust 3i Group. Investors were less excited about technology last month, with the L&G Global Technology index losing its top ranking and moving down to 4th place on the list. Fundsmith Equity drops out of interactive investor's top ten most-bought funds On the investment trust side, commodities surged in popularity, as BlackRock World Mining took the top spot among t...

BlackRock Inc. chief executive Larry Fink said infrastructure is a major component to help stimulate growth in every economy and there’s enough capital in the private sector to fund investment.

Bond yields and stocks tumbled while gold soared after the White House said there were indications Iran is preparing to attack Israel.

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The newly appointed directors are Paul Geddes, group CEO at Evelyn Partners; Hans Georgeson, CEO of Royal London Asset Management; Matthew Malloy, CEO and head of institutional client group at Neuberger Berman Europe, and Sarah Melvin, head of UK and Europe and chair of Africa at BlackRock. Geddes joined Evelyn Partners in July 2023 and became CEO later in October that year. Prior to that, he was the CEO of QA Group, a provider of higher education and workforce learning programmes and services. Investment Association launches guidance on FCA sustainability rules Georgeson joined RL...

Chaired by the Bank's deputy governor for financial stability Sarah Breeden, the consortium's aim will be to identify how AI is or could be used in the sector, as well as discuss the potential benefits and the risks arising from the technology.  The consortium, which will be composed of 30 members, will also look to gather views from stakeholders to inform the Bank's approach to addressing any identified risks and challenges, and in promoting the safe adoption of AI. BlackRock and Microsoft partner for launch of $30bn AI infrastructure fund The BoE has placed a call for interest fo...

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asset manager BlackRock's spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund on the Nasdaq. Options trading for BlackRock's fund iShares Bitcoin Trust has been approved with ticker symbol «IBIT», the regulator said in a notice on Friday.

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