Why Europe Must End Its 30-year Digital Winter
In the last 30 years, Europe — defined here as the EU plus the U.K., Norway and Switzerland — has created few leading digital businesses compared to the U.S. and China. This long digital winter is symptomatic of underlying problems that are behind persistent gaps between the U.S. and Europe in GDP per capita, output […]
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Pbdc Versus Bizd: Which Bdc Etf Is Best For Income Investors And Retirees? (bizd)
BDCs are one of the highest-yielding investments right now, with most offering investors double-digit yields with solid growth. The largest ETF in this space is the VanEck BDC Income ETF (NYSEARCA:BIZD), the Putnam BDC Income ETF (NYSEARCA:PBDC) is a newer, smaller alternative. Due to the strong income offered by these ETFs and reader interest, I thought to write an article comparing these two ETFs. Both funds have high credit risk, low interest rate risk, and broadly similar volatility and drawdowns to equity. Both have strong yields, although BIZD's 11.0% dividend yield is a bit higher than PBDC's 9.7%.
Galleon Gives Real Estate Buyers And Sellers The Power To Search And Transact Independently
Galleon Closes Pre-seed Round Led by Third Prime NEW YORK, April 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Galleon, an off-market real estate marketplace and AI-enabled transaction platform, today announced it has raised $1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Third Prime, and the subsequent beta launch of its independent search and transaction platform. Galleon empowers buyers and sellers in real estate transactions to transact independently from agents through digital solutions including its Marketplace and Navigator tools.
Usual Labs Raises $7M Round From Kraken Ventures And Iosg Ventures To Launch Usd0 Stablecoin
The firm has received a commitment of $75 million in total value locked for the launch of its stablecoin USD0.
Clearbridge Esg Investment Strategy Q1 2024 Portfolio Manager Commentary
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the investment landscape, and while its rapid development sparks some valid social and environmental caution, it also brings with it enormous potential for helping sustainability goals, with better data to improve energy efficiency, optimize renewable energy, make agriculture more sustainable and improve human health. ClearBridge is closely watching these opportunities even while we observe AI's energy intensity and social dimensions as the phenomenon plays out in our portfolio companies across sectors. On the regulatory front, the world's first comprehensive AI law, the EU's AI Act (AIA), will come into force later in 2024.
Cto Of The Nicest Hedge Fund Takes An Executive Role At Schonfeld
Alphadyne Capital Management, founded by ex-Goldman Sachs partner Philippe Khuong-Huu, is known for having good culture, management, and being an all-round nice place to work. One of the executives driving that culture has just left, however, to become chief technology officer of a major multistrategy hedge fund that's had a few issues.Click here to sign up to our technology newsletter Thomas DeBow has joined Schonfeld as CTO, having held the same role at Alphadyne for the past six years.
They Criticized Israel. This X Account Upended Their Lives.
Since Oct. 7, StopAntisemitism has flagged hundreds of people who have criticized Israel's actions in Gaza. Many were swiftly fired. The post They criticized Israel. This X account upended their lives. appeared first on Boston.com.
Us Venture Capital Investors' Funded Triton Liquid Selects Adgm As Global Hq
Founded by MIT and Princeton alumni, Triton Liquid's methodology combines fundamental VC principles with deep proprietary data analysis.
"financing Asia's Transition - Bridging Global Ambition To Regional Action And Impact" - Opening Remarks By Mr Chia Der Jiun, Managing Director, Monetary Authority Of Singapore, At The Financing Asia's Transition (fast) Conference On 17 April 2024
Distinguished Guests Ladies and Gentlemen, 1. Good morning and welcome to the second edition of the Financing Asia's Transition (FAST) Conference 2024. 2. Each year, MAS, together with Temasek and BlackRock, seeks to convene key financial, industry and thought leaders in sustainability to focus on Asia. The Asia-Pacific region accounts for half of global emissions, and even excluding China, it accounts for 19% of emissions [1] . This share will grow in the coming years. It will be in Asia where global actions in climate mitigation will ultimately succeed or fail. More Collective Action Needed Amidst Challenges 3.
Exchangeright's Net-leased All-cash 2 Dst Fully-subscribed By Increased Demand For Its Debt-free Offerings
PASADENA, Calif., April 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ExchangeRight, one of the nation's leading providers of diversified real estate DST and REIT investments, has fully subscribed Net-Leased All-Cash 2 DST, a $24.84 million offering of net-leased real estate for investors seeking a debt-free 1031 exchange strategy designed to produce stable income, provide tax advantages, and offer flexible exit options with the potential for enhanced returns. "When investors need a specific type of offering that doesn't exist, we aim to create it for them." ...Full story available on Benzinga.com.
The 14 Ways To Get Your First Job In An Investment Bank
Getting into an investment bank is, with a lot of understatement, pretty tough.Get Morning Coffee [?] in your inbox. Sign up here.More accurately, it'll be the toughest thing you ever do. Got into Oxford University? Not bad. Acceptance rate for that is 17.5%. Got into Harvard? Also not bad. Acceptance rate for that is 3.2%. Navy SEAL? 1.5%, more or less.If you want to get into Goldman Sachs, you'll have to be more elite (compared to your peers, at least). The bank had an acceptance rate of 0.33% for all applicants last year.