Finserv Reading - Week ending September 3, 2023

Bijon Mehta Bijon Mehta

Bijon Mehta

Chief Operating Officer I Enterprise Software I Adjunct Professor @ Fordham University

发布日期: 2023年9月3日
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Banking

5 fintech lessons most bankers still need to learn

Banks are necessary, bank buildings are not

How banks are responding to Africa's and the Middle East's evolving financial needs

Why Singapore banks are worried about foreign customers

UBS breaks record with $29 billion profit after Credit Suisse deal

High hopes, rocky realities: Europes's new banks struggle to grow up

Goldman Sachs sells financial planning unit as part of consumer retreat

Most American'a aren't happy with their banks, survey shows

Nicola Horlick earmarks 2025 for digital bank launch

Challenger banks need to capture the hearts and minds of consumers

Voice deepfakes are the latest threat to your bank balance

Revolutionizing capital market operations in the fourth industrial era

Goldman drums up IPO renaissance hopes in deals-starved market


Wall Street

Retail brokerage firms face regulatory and tech pressures

InteractiveBrokers launches fractional shares trading in Canada

Options: Don't be a hero - steer clear of zeeroes

What equity markets got wrong about China

SoFi to underwrite first big IPO after securing Instacart IPO

Saudi Arabia's Aramco considers selling $50 billion in shares

Richard Buxton says UK equity market in a 'very sorry state'


Economy?

Not all coups in Africa are the same

India's spending push on infrastructure lifts growth

Eurozone money supply shrinks for first time in 13 years as lending slows

How the UK's radical data revisions shattered its economic narrative

Resilient US economy defies expectations


Asset Management

Hedge funds boost bets against Argentine bonds

Alternative investments lose steam as fundraising slows down

Jeremy Grantham's GMO enters ETF space for the first time

Vanguard joins Blackrock in pouring cold water on ESG proposals

From Blackrock to Pimco,? bond investors bet Fed hiking is over?


Wealth Management??

The generational paradigm shift taking over markets

LPL, Schwab and Raymond James see profits fall as investors flee cash sweep accounts

Money-market fund assets climb to fresh record $5.58 trillion

Fidelity CEO's surprise record as a crypto visionary

Fidelity clients irate over website, app problems


Insurance

Americans are bailing on their home insurance

How insurance companies created a peculiar investment talent crunch

Home insurers cut natural disasters from policies as climate risks grow

6 insurance use cases for large language models

Telematics and usage-based insurance on the rise: JD Power


Real Estate???

All that empty office space belongs to someone

US commercial real estate seems safe from China's troubles. That could change fast.

China's property crisis: how the commercial sector is bucking the trend

Paid late, or never: Painters, builders and brokers hit by China's property crisis

How Wall Street's REIT giants are reshaping US real estate


Payments?

Rising use of local currencies in cross-border payments

Visa, Mastercard prepare to raise credit card fees

What;'s behind $1 trillion in credit-card balances

ATM fees hit high of $4.73

X adds state money licenses in pursuit of payments


Venture Capital / Private Equity

Venture capitalist Reid Hoffman to scale back investment role at Greylock

All that fintech investment had a real impact on banking penetration in Latin America

Startups are hitting a funding wall after seed stage

How to pitch me: 15 investors talk about what they're looking forin August 2023

From trailblazing dealmakers to asset gathering giants: The changing face of European private equity


AI / ML

US should use chip leadership to enforce AI standards, says Mustafa Suleyman

Artificial intelligence steps in to lower carbon footprint of buildings

Chatbots are trying to figure out where your shipments are

AI startup buzz is facing a reality check

How AI is making prediction more precise - and what that means for risk and human behavior

Money is pouring into AI. Skeptics say it's a grift shift.

How can we use AI to address global challenges like climate change

JPMorgan to invest $1 billion or more a year in AI, Daniel Pinto says


ESG / Climate Change

Climate engineering: a quick fix or a risky distraction?

Wind power industry faces size problem as blades get longer than football pitches

Why hurricanes are becoming more intense

Exxon predicts world will miss climate change targets

Climate risk is financial risk

Pricing climate transition risk in Europe's equity market

Investors call on ISS to overhaul its net-zero proxy advice

Wellington, Franklin Templeton move up in ESG commitment, Morningstar says

The urgency of transformative climate adaption action

The great ESG retreat?

KKR's inaugural climate strategy is 'industrials with an infra approach'

Equities: rethinking net-zero benchmarks

Shell scraps its $100 million a year carbon offset plan


Bigtech?

Google chases Microsoft, Amazon cloud market share with AI tools

Tech giants race to alter online operations EU digital rules bite

We don't need a new Twitter

In Europe, a regulatory vise tightens around big tech

Big tech profits are set to surge in 2nd half of 2023


Fintech??

Fintech-issued personal loans in the US

Unleashing Mideast fintech

BarbAIrians at the gate: The financial opportunity of AI

Arbitration in fintech age: Resolving disputes in digital financial transaction

Current 'sifts for gold' in the low FICO scores that banks shun


Blockchain / Crypto?

Little evidence that a spot bitcoin ETF would expand the market

Bitcoin price slides after SEC pushes back ETF approvals

Grayscale's court win over SEC lifts hopes for ETF approval

European crypto ETP inflows rise after Blackrock bitcoin filing

India's digital finance moonshot

Crypto giant Binance considers Russia exit

Coinbase CEO reveals top 10 crypto ideas he's urging devs to work on

Blockchain creates a $3.1 trillion tsunami of opportunity


Regulation / Compliance??

The truth about proposed bank capital rules

Private equity, hedge funds sue SEC to fend off oversight

Fed warned Goldman Sachs over risk and compliance oversight at fintech unit

Gary Gensler unleashes biggest SEC regulatory blitz since financial crisis

A Supreme threat


Corporate Venture / Innovation? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Ikea's radical innovation studio is shutting down forever

Investing in startups: How corporations can become more innovative

Fostering a culture of innovation and results in uncertain times

The moonshot heard around the world

Lean for the modern company


Personal Development / Leadership?

Arrange your meeting schedule to boost your energy

It's not about intention, it's about action

This thing predicts everything

It costs what it costs

Do the painful things first

The difference between professionals and amateurs

How to stop procrastinating by using the "Seinfeld Strategy"


Podcasts / Videos??

David Rubenstein: Can America innovate its way out?

Stanford - Grit and Growth: Making great strategy

Howard Marks: The truth about investing

Re-thinking with Adam Grant: Building atomic habits with James Clear

Prof Scott Galloway: Scott's Personal Finance

Harvard's Arthur C Brooks on the secrets to happiness at work


Speeches / Communications

Michelle Bullock, Dep Gov. Reserve Bank of Australia: "Climate Change and Central Banks"

Saga Partners - Semi-Annual Update 2023


Research Reports??

Banking Technology - September 2023

SWIFT: Small payments, big opportunity

BIS: Digital safety nets - a roadmap

BIS: Big techs' foray into insurance

EY: SEC's new rules on cybersecurity disclosures

PwC: Navigating sustainability reporting

PwC: Artificial intelligence for banks

Deloitte: Trust in the era of generative AI

OCED: Clean energy demonstrations

Deloitte: Green hydrogen report 2023

BoC: Unmet payment needs and CBDCs

The shift from private money to CBDCs

The role of blockchain in cross-border payments and financial inclusion in Africa

IMF: Delays in climate change can increase financial tail risks

EY: Accounting for climate change

WB: Strategy and Business Outlook - FY24-26

ADB: CBDCs developments in Asia

Sixth Assessment Report of the IPCC

Integrated intermediation and fintech market power

The future of generative AI

KPMG: Voices on 2030

Smart Cities: Shaping the society of 2030

IBM: Implementation of the digital euro

McK: DBS Use Case

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