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Electronic trading firms, unlike hedge funds, are usually proprietary trading firms, meaning they trade using their own money rather than on behalf of investors. Money doesn’t grow on trees, however, and even when growing exponentially, you could always be investing more. Hudson River Trading (HRT), which made $4.2bn in net profit for the first quarter of the year, recently hired someone to make sure it has even more cash to spend.💥Follow us on WhatsApp for news alerts.💥Jared Miller joined HRT as its head of debt investor relations. HRT did not respond to a request for comment, but it seems to…

Bolivia’s government is evaluating whether to include USDT in its regulated payment system alongside the boliviano and the US dollar, according to local media. Cryptoassets are authorized in the country with no legal-tender status attached. The country’s finance minister described the current state as a prohibition lifted without a clear regulatory framework, with the technical review still underway, La Razon reported. A dollar shortage or currency instability pushes citizens toward dollar-stablecoins first, with merchants and businesses accepting them next, banks eventually providing access, and governments formalizing the arrangement only once it has become too widely used to unwind. Virtual asset…

👉TL;DR: Identity infrastructure is the foundation of enterprise security: the directories, identity providers, access management systems, credential stores, and governance workflows that control who and what can reach organizational resources.Most enterprises treat identity infrastructure as a directory problem, investing in Active Directory, Entra ID, Okta, or SailPoint to manage identity lifecycle and access policy. Those investments are necessary, but on their own, they are incomplete.Directories manage identity lifecycle; they do not detect whether the credentials identities use, such as API keys, service account tokens, OAuth secrets, certificates, and kubeconfig files, have leaked into source code, CI/CD pipelines, or collaboration tools.The…

Bitcoin ETFs see $425M outflows led by Fidelity and Blackrock, signaling cautious crypto market sentiment. Pluang Source link

The WORC offices are located in Apollo House, George Town. – Photo: File The Third Quarter Economic Report 2025, released by Cayman’s Economics and Statistics Office on 8 May, showed a drop in work permits despite a growing economy. There were 36,425 work permits active as of 30 Sept. 2025, down from the 37,418 that were active on 30 June 2025 and also down from the 36,602 work permits recorded at the end of 2024. The latest data indicates that 2025 would be the first year to see a decline in work permits since 2020, when the pandemic saw a…

Gold prices recovered strongly across two trading sessions, reversing losses from a sharp sell-off as cooler-than-expected US inflation data reinforced expectations.The precious metal had come under pressure in the previous session, briefly touching a two-week low as investors refrained from placing large bets ahead of the release of the US CPI data and Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s congressional testimony.However, sentiment shifted dramatically after inflation figures came in well below market expectations, triggering a sharp rally in bullion.In the previous session, spot gold rose 0.3% to $4,013.93 an ounce by 0300 GMT after falling to its weakest level since July…

According to the latest AMFI data, Specialised Investment Funds (SIFs) witnessed a sharp rise in investor participation in June, with net inflows surging 171% month-on-month to Rs. 3,782 crore from Rs. 1,396 crore in May. The category’s average assets under management (AAUM) also increased 21.75% to Rs. 16,050 crore from Rs. 13,182 crore, reflecting growing acceptance of the newly introduced investment vehicle. Hybrid strategies continue to dominate SIF inflows Hybrid investment strategies continued to dominate the SIF landscape, attracting Rs. 2,685 crore during the month and accounting for more than 71% of total inflows. This represents a 261% jump from…

Watches of Switzerland (WOSG) announced full-year earnings at the top end of expectations a day after Reuters reported that the luxury goods retailer had been in talks with potential suitors with a view to going private. It’s thought that private equity funds could be in the frame, no surprises there given that its shares remain well below their 2022 high-water mark despite recording a strong rally since September 2025. At their peak, the shares were trading at 7.35 times book value set against the current multiple of 2.37.  Source link

A key level is any price area where price reversed aggressively from, or an area or level that price has been respecting (bouncing off). These levels act like inflection points. We can’t know whether price will break beyond or get rejected, but we do get to see how it reacts at that level, which provides the insight. Because at an inflection point we get to see which side, the buyers or sellers, is proven right (the confirmation), then we can ride a long for a bit. Waiting for confirmation is important. Rather than jumping in the moment price pokes through…

London, England, United Kingdom, July 14, 2026 — Family offices have overtaken private equity fund managers as the largest source of demand for Net Asset Value (NAV) loans, according to new data published today by Nodem Capital, a specialist lender providing portfolio-backed credit facilities of $20m to $100m+.The findings come from Nodem’s Mid-Year 2026 NAV Financing Update, drawn from the firm’s own origination records covering more than 500 enquiries and 100+ viable transactions screened in the first half of 2026. The data has not previously been published.Key findings include that single-family offices now account for 65% of enquiries, up 15%…