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Private credit is reshaping European football finance

For much of the last century, European football clubs were treated less like businesses and more like passion projects. Ownership often sat with local families, member associations, or wealthy individuals who saw clubs as community assets or personal ventures rather than value-creating enterprises.    Balance sheets were simple, governance informal, and capital decisions driven as […]
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Ex-Silex quartet launch bond fund firm

A group of ex-Silex staff have launched a fixed income investment manager in Geneva. BlueDot plans to launch Ucits funds in July and recently secured its Finma licence, it confirmed to Citywire.   The firm’s co-chief investment officers are Philippe Kellerhals and Benoit Brochart. Its team also includes sales specialist Arnaud Loechleiter and compliance manager […]
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What the ultra-wealthy are really doing to live longer

Longevity has been having quite a moment among the super-rich. No longer just wellness, it's become a far more exacting pursuit, with the same discipline once reserved for portfolios now applied to the body itself.   From full-body scans to personalised drug protocols and biohacking, the options are expanding fast. So which treatments are UHNWs […]
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Away with the OECD minimum tax!

A study by the University of St. Gallen on the Swiss implementation of the minimum tax has delivered a damning verdict: In a changed geopolitical environment, the tax no longer fulfills its purpose, rests on shaky legal ground, and is also fiscally unproductive, if not harmful. Instead, a domestic supplementary tax is to be examined. […]
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Private markets reshape wealth management as alternatives drive portfolio diversification and revenue growth,says GlobalData

Alternative investments are rapidly transforming global wealth management, as private markets move from niche offerings to core portfolio allocations. Wealth managers are expanding access to private equity, private credit, infrastructure, and real assets to meet rising demand for diversification, resilience, and long-term returns.    This structural shift is also strengthening revenue models by reducing reliance […]
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Building Trust At Scale: How AI Can Make Financial Advice More Human

For years, the narrative around artificial intelligence in wealth management has framed it as a threat, with algorithms eventually replacing advisors, automating relationships and commoditizing trust.   While it’s a compelling story, it’s the wrong one.   The real opportunity in AI is elevating advisors, not replacing them. When used correctly, technology doesn’t distance advisors […]
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The New Capital Controllers

HIGHLIGHTS Financial conversations are finally catching up to the ambition and expertise that women have always possessed. Women are now demanding a more sophisticated and relevant dialogue. Women control 32% of the world’s wealth and that’s expected to rise to 50% by 20351 $124 trillion globally is expected to shift in the Great Wealth Transfer […]
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Deutsche Bank extends dbHedge Availability via smartTrade’s LiquidityFX

Deutsche Bank and smartTrade Technologies have announced the availability of the dbHedge algorithmic hedging solution as a new optional execution route on LiquidityFX, further enhancing the platform’s FX risk management capabilities for banks worldwide.   The integration of dbHedge into LiquidityFX augments smartTrade’s existing, extensive toolset for internalising FX flow and managing risk, giving regional […]
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