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Bitcoin continued its impressive rally, comfortably hovering around the $66k mark at the time of writing. This surge has sparked huge enthusiasm among crypto investors, as the market sentiment remained bullish, fueling what many call “Uptober.”

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru: During the long hours of pandemic-induced lockdown, some of his friends picked up mobile gaming while others discovered short videos on YouTube and Instagram. But for Rohit Agarwal, a garment shop owner from Tumsar, a town in north-west Maharashtra, it was reading a college love story that sparked a new passion.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. It’s never a great sign when what’s going out the door gets more attention than what’s coming in. The world’s largest tech companies should at least be getting used to that by now.

For the three months to the end of September 2024, Quilter channel gross inflows and net inflows onto the platform increased by 22% and 31% respectively year-on-year, according to a trading statement published on Wednesday (16 October). Fidelity and abrdn among firms joining new trade body for investment platforms Its IFA channel gross inflows onto the platform increased by 76% year-on-year. Net inflows increased by £1bn on the comparable period to £821m (Q3 2023: £187m net outflow). Quilter CEO Steven Levin said: «In what is traditionally the slower summer quarter, we have deliver...

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : Faircent, Monexo, Rang De, Finzy, Lendbox (Transactree Technologies Pvt. Ltd) and Financepeer are the six new peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms that have received show-cause notices from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), according to a person aware of the development and a right-to-information (RTI) query.

Disney Star has successfully partnered with eight sponsors for the upcoming season of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL), enhancing its presence across Linear, Digital, and on-ground platforms. Notable sponsors include Dream11, Shriram Finance, ROFF, Parimatch Sports, HP Lubricants, and Mother Dairy, solidifying PKL's status as one of the leading sporting events in India. The broadcaster generates over Rs 100 crore in ad revenue from the property. With its increasing popularity, this season aims to engage a diverse audience through exciting brand collaborations and a unique mix of sports and entertainment. Fans can anticipate thrilling Kabaddi matches alongside fresh, innovative content designed to elevate the viewing experience.

In a trading update today (16 October) for the quarter ending 30 September, the asset manager said gross inflows into the business were down 6% over the period, while gross outflows fell by 5.1%.  Net outflows were offset by positive investment performance of £228m in the quarter, resulting in a rise in closing funds under management to £17.9bn, up from £17.8bn in the three months to 30 June.  Brooks Macdonald appoints CFO as its sells international wing to Canaccord Genuity Wealth The firm's MPS Platform, including its B2B offering for financial advisers BM Investment Solutions, s...

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. At the recent Energy Transition Summit, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman underscored the adverse impact of unilateral and arbitrary policies such as the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) on India’s trade and green-transition pathways, noting that India’s decarbonization journey should be guided by its own development needs and not by the Global North. Sitharaman was referring to the EU’s measure that would impose a charge on imports into the EU of products of aluminium, iron and steel, cement, fertilizers, electricity and hydrogen beginning January 2026.

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BEIJING — Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba's international arm on Wednesday launched an updated version of its artificial intelligence-powered translation tool that, it says, is better than products offered by Google, DeepL and ChatGPT.

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Eldercare startup Primus Senior Living has raised $20 million in a seed funding round led by General Catalyst, with participation from Zerodha cofounder Nikhil Kamath and Gruhas, the investment firm co-founded by Kamath and Abhijeet Pai of Puzzolana Group. General Catalyst contributed $7 million to the round, while Kamath and Gruhas invested the remaining $13 million, according to Adarsh Narahari, founder and managing director of Primus. Led by Narahari, Bengaluru-based Primus is developing a comprehensive eldercare platform offering various services, including healthcare, wellness, lifestyle, and social engagement—all delivered to elders in their homes.

mutual funds now hold stocks worth more than $8 billion, or almost Rs 69,000 crore, in a dozen new-age companies including Zomato, Paytm, PB Fintech, Nykaa, Delhivery and Mamaearth on account of the rising valuations of some of these companies and many of them having gone public in recent years. The value of startup holdings by mutual fund companies such as ICICI Prudential, Axis Mutual Fund, Kotak Mutual Fund, HDFC Mutual Fund, Nippon Mutual Fund, Invesco India and Mirae Asset Mutual Fund was $2.7 billion a year ago, but only with six companies versus 12 now, calculations made by ET show. Besides the steady climb in stock prices that companies such as Gurgaon-based Zomato and Policybazaar-parent PB Fintech have witnessed in the last year, a clutch of new-age companies doing their initial public offerings (IPO) has led to the increased exposure by domestic mutual funds to this asset class.

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Mao is the Editor for Partnerships and Sponsored Content at Cryptonews. With five years in the crypto industry, she collaborates with partners to bring the latest updates and insights to our readers.

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The ACT Stewardship Council, a cross-industry body of fund selectors and investors acting on behalf of $2trn in clients' assets, has issued a letter to data platforms and providers to publish an investment house's signatory status and the year the firm became a signatory. The think-tank and advocacy group said these are both «key» indicators for analysts assessing its commitment to workplace culture and transparency. City Hive's Bev Shah: What firms are telling us about values and commitments ACT signatories pledge to disclose in a standardised way, offering a «high degree of openn...

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