Lack of client demand remains the top reason advisors say they aren’t using socially responsible investing strategies. But some advisors see that slowly changing.
Thanks to the blockchain, anyone can own a tiny part of a masterpiece. They just can’t touch it.
“We’ve got guys with bags of cash headed for the border” because of unregulated crypto offerings, says SEC Chairman Jay Clayton. “I’m protecting the integrity of the market.”
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The fund will be physically-backed, which means it will hold actual Bitcoin, and will be insured against loss or theft of the cryptocurrency, according to the firms.
It’s tempting to see Manny Roman and Dan Ivascyn as a clichéd odd couple running the firm. But their collaboration is more complicated than that.
The ABS sector combines high quality, short maturity, strong liquidity and attractive yields.