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From top left: Lyu Jingya, Zhang Lyu and Yang RuFrom bottom left: Fan Qiang, Zheng Wenpei and Gong Wenjing Grandall Law Firm has added six equity partners across its Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Fuzhou and Wuhan offices, further strengthening its capabilities in capital markets, dispute resolution, maritime law, and M&A and restructuring. Zhang Lyu has joined Grandall’s Guangzhou office as managing partner and concurrently serves as executive director of the firm’s Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) Business Development Centre. The relevant formalities were completed in the first quarter of this year. Established in 2025, the GBA Business Development Centre integrates the…

Gold is struggling to work as the safe haven it often becomes during times of war and crisis as central banks and exchange-traded funds popular with retail investors sell bullion, putting pressure on the metal’s price.Since the outbreak of war between Iran and the United States, gold has slid 8.1 per cent to $US4806 an ounce, although that is a rebound from a slump that reached almost 15 per cent in the first month of the conflict.Loading… Source link

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 27: Larry Fink, chairman and CEO of BlackRock, visits FOX Business Network’s “The Claman Countdown” at Fox Business Network Studios on March 27, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images)Getty ImagesBitcoin investors watching the price chop on Iran headlines are suddenly getting a cleaner signal from Wall Street’s biggest asset manager.BlackRock’s spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund absorbed $871 million of inflows last week, according to Marc Baumann, founder of digital-asset research firm fiftyonexyz. “IBIT (BlackRock). $871M weekly inflow. Led every crypto ETF,” Baumann posted on X on April 19. He added that…

Many mutual fund advisors have been recommending balanced advantage funds to new and inexperienced investors for a while now. These advisors believe that these schemes are ideally placed to take care of the current market conditions because of their dynamic portfolio. Advisors are also recommending these schemes to investors to park their lumpsum amounts.Balanced advantage funds invest in a mix of stocks, debt, and arbitrage opportunities. These funds decide their equity exposure depending on key market ratios or in-house parameters. They invest less in stocks when the market is very high or valuations are stretched. They invest more in equity…

Botswana Minerals PLC (AIM/BSE: BMIN) has identified copper, silver and lead-zinc mineralisation at its licences in the southern African nation. In an update on April 20, the company said its AI-driven exploration programme over its two permits in Ngamiland in north-western Botswana is progressing well. It identified copper and silver anomalies stretching approximately 9.5 km and 20km respectively.Botswana Minerals said it hit a core zone of lead-zinc mineralisation, which is about 2.4 km long within a larger trend to the west.  It also recognised several possible deposit types, including Irish type (MVT), carbonate replacement, hydrothermal, and potential skarn systems. The…

In March 2026, for example, net equity investments by mutual funds and domestic institutional investors (DIIs) amounted to ₹98,746 crore and ₹1.43 trillion, respectively. By comparison, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) liquidated ₹1.17 trillion. Over the past year, FPIs have been net sellers in seven of the 12 months, while mutual funds and DIIs have been buyers in all months. Source link

Tucked away along Church Road in Ongata Rongai, Osere Flats stands as a tangible case study in the intersection of private property and public influence. The residential complex, while physically unremarkable, has emerged as a focal point in discussions about the business dealings of the political elite, specifically regarding its historical ties to Charlene Ruto.The issue transcends the property itself, touching upon the broader, more controversial practice of the government leasing private properties for public service use. This policy, which saw the state acting as a primary tenant for police officers, created a lucrative market for politically connected landlords, effectively…

The intersection of global conflict and digital finance has reached a fever pitch as legislative decisions in Washington ripple through the crypto markets. How the recent legislative deadlock over the Trump Iran war power will steer the trajectory of Bitcoin in 2026 remains the definitive question for global investors. Key takeaways Bitcoin plummeted to a 2026 low of $65,834 on April 3, 2026, following escalating executive rhetoric regarding military strikes. The US House of Representatives rejected the war powers resolution with a 213–214 vote on April 16, 2026. Oil prices surged above $106 per barrel in mid-April 2026, intensifying the financial…

Achieving the EU’s climate neutrality ambitions requires a next generation of power electronics capable of reliable, fast and efficient operation in the new energy generation and distribution environment. As part of the EU funded NOVETROL project, the Eaton ERL team in Prague is developing new current control and limitation techniques to enhance monitoring, protection and dynamic regulation of high current systems. In our previous contribution [1], we have described the current limiting concept, which integrates the variable extraordinary magnetoresistance (EMR) element with a magnetic field generator.In this contribution, we are presenting the steps followed during the design of the magnetic field…

New report highlights four potential outcomes that could change long-term wealth management decision making. Given the ups and downs of recent years, looking ahead to 2050 seems challenging. But it’ll be the time when today’s core working age cohort will be approaching what we still think of as retirement age, so future gazing also seems prudent. That’s especially true in light of a sweeping new analysis from Boston Consulting Group which suggests investors and advisors should rethink long-term strategy, warning that the global economy could evolve along dramatically different paths by mid-century. Drawing on more than 100 megatrends and a…