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A growing number of young Indian investors are swapping options for broker-funded margin trades, fueling record MTF growth and drawing fresh regulatory scrutiny. Mumbai, July 20 – India’s efforts to curb derivatives trading on stocks have prompted a portion of the country’s retail investors to shift to leveraged bets on stocks, fueling a rise in margin loans and drawing regulators’ attention to the pace of market growth. The world’s most populous country has over 130 million retail traders in the stock market, with an average age of about 32. Their appetite for riskier bets is fueling a boom in options…

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Hamilton Lane has held the final close of its sixth Direct Equity fund, securing a total of $3.8 billion in commitments in and alongside Hamilton Lane Equity Opportunities Fund VI (EO VI). The new vehicle focuses on diversified exposure to middle-market buyout opportunities through the firm’s global Direct Equity platform. The prior vintage, Hamilton Lane Equity Opportunities Fund V, closed at $2.1 billion, underscoring a step-up in available capital for the strategy. Investors in EO VI include a broad mix of global institutions such as public pensions, sovereign wealth funds, Taft-Hartley pension plans, endowments, foundations, family offices and other financial…

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Home News PR Newswire Rosen Law Firm Encourages Putnam Investment Management, LLC Mutual Fund Investors to Inquire About Securities Class Action Investigation Rosen Law Firm Encourages Putnam Investment Management, LLC Mutual Fund Investors to Inquire About Securities Class Action Investigation Rosen Law Firm Encourages Putnam Investment Management, LLC Mutual Fund Investors to Inquire About Securities Class Action Investigation PR Newswire NEW YORK, July 20, 2026 NEW YORK, July 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ —  Why: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, continues to investigate potential securities claims on behalf of investors in Putnam Investment Management, LLC (Putnam Investments) stock-based…

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WLD▲$0.4310 price climbs to $0.38 as Grayscale seeks approval for a Nasdaq-listed fund that would hold Worldcoin’s token. Grayscale Investments, one of the world’s largest crypto asset managers, filed an S-1 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, July 20, for the Grayscale Worldcoin ETF. The proposed fund, according to the regulatory filing, would directly hold WLD, the native token of World Network, a financial network known for verifying whether users are human through iris-scanning devices called Orbs. Read also: Worldcoin Price Prediction 2026: Can WLD Crypto Recover to $1 and Restart Its Bullish Trend? Grayscale…

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A street in Karachi, the financial capital of Pakistan. Editorial credit: APICE CREATIVE / Shutterstock.com. Pakistan has a mixed economy with privately-owned and state-owned businesses regulated by government policy. It is a developing economy and considered one of the “Next Eleven”, a list of countries with the potential of becoming the biggest economies in the world. Currently, the economy of Pakistan is the 43rd largest in the world. In 2015, its nominal gross domestic product (GDP) was $271 billion GDP per capita was $1,429. This does not, however, take into account the informal economy which makes up approximately 36% of…

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Bitcoin hits two-week high near $65,500 as chip stocks rebound and $600M flows into ETFs.Bitcoin rose to about $65,500, its highest in two weeks, driven by a rebound in Asian semiconductor stocks and a broad risk rally. This recovery was supported by over $600 million in inflows into U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs over five days, marking strong … Source link

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Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., speaks during the 2025 Institute of International Finance annual membership meeting in Washington, Oct. 16, 2025.Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesJPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said investors are underestimating the risks facing the global economy and that he wouldn’t buy either equities or long-dated U.S. Treasurys at their current prices.In an hourlong interview with Wilfred Frost released late Monday, Dimon said markets aren’t fully accounting for a growing list of geopolitical and fiscal threats.”I do think those risks are probably bigger than other people think,” Dimon said, pointing to…

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At the risk of racially profiling people, some financial services careers tend to attract particular nationalities above others. Italians are often to be found in sales. The Chinese are often quants. The French are often both quants, and quants who apply themselves to equity derivatives structuring. This kind of French quant is having a moment.💥Follow us on WhatsApp for news alerts.💥Earlier this month, Financial News reported that Arnaud Heckenroth, the (French) global head of equities exotics structuring at Barclays had left for electronic trading firm Optiver, where he will help develop a “scalable global exotics platform.” Heckenroth’s arrival at Optiver…

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The broader cryptocurrency market shows early signs of a bullish recovery, with Bitcoin (BTC) rising above $65,000 on Tuesday, amid improving retail sentiment. Top altcoins, including Ripple (XRP) and Cardano (ADA), are gaining bullish momentum, while Dogecoin (DOGE) continues to consolidate, holding above a crucial support zone.Ripple regains bullish momentumXRP remains below both the 50-day and 200-day Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs) at $1.1456 and $1.4678, respectively, keeping the pair in a capped, mildly bearish near-term structure. A decisive close above the 50-day EMA at $1.1456 could ease the current downside bias, ahead of a more substantial barrier at the $1.2543…

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