All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
European tech investment in Q3 2026: From growth capital to public markets
Following Oleg Khusaenov’s articles on funding concentration and emerging investment signals, his Q3 2026 digest explores how these trends are translating into larger financing rounds, new routes to public markets and AI-driven business models reshaping established industries
Private Banker International Global Wealth Awards 2026 names winners
RBC Wealth Management takes the global title as this year’s awards put greater focus on evidence-led growth, digital execution and client outcomes
Strategic capital in a fragmented world: Royal Funds chairman Sertan Ayçiçek on geopolitics, private wealth and the future of investment
Sertan Ayçiçek tells PBI’s Douglas Blakey that the central question
is simple: when geopolitics increasingly affects markets, supply chains, regulation and strategic industries, what should private capital be looking at beyond traditional financial analysis?
From foresight to investability: What Europe’s 25 technology signals tell investors
Oleg Khusaenov discusses what happens when emerging technology signals move from European innovation reports into the reality of private investment
Tokenisation is coming to private wealth. Who actually owns the asset?
Elisenda Fàbrega examines an issue that is becoming increasingly important as tokenised products move into private wealth – when a client buys a tokenised asset, what do they actually own?
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How family offices should think about AI beyond the public markets
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Summer torpor
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