All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Alternative assets: Transformative role of AI
Alternative assets are increasingly accessible to a broader investor base, a trend that will accelerate boosted by greater adoption of AI, explains Sachin Kamat
Second doesn’t mean secondary: Why investors are prioritising “Personal” Retirement Accounts
Kevin Maloney makes the case for the Second Pension, where workers can utilise IRA rollovers and self-directed options to build a portable fortress that moves with them, regardless of industry shifts
Dire straits
The Iran conflict has led to a surge in energy prices which could represent a significant new headwind for the global economy but growth has held up unexpectedly well over the past year, explains Rupert Thompson
US/Iran conflict: A new challenge for wealth diversification
The conflict between the US and Iran is reinforcing a growing concern: true wealth diversification is becoming harder to achieve, writes Heike van den Hoevel
US-Israel / Iran conflict – industry reaction
Industry leaders from Lombard Odier, Saxo, Capital.com and Bentley Reid, discuss how the market is absorbing the impact of the US-Israeli attacks on Iran and what to look for next
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Full value: Mitigating operational risk to prevent value dilution on foreign equities
Stephen Everard assesses key issues likely to affect foreign portfolio investment over the rest of the decade, including geopolitical risk and re-alignment, re-shoring trends and incentives to increase investment in domestic stocks
Tariff turmoil
Rupert Thompson, analyses market reactions to recent events and identifies upcoming market trends in global markets, including in equities, fixed income and FX
Infrastructure is the missing link for stablecoins
Despite the promise of stablecoins, Steve Cook argues that they are exposing the limits of legacy banking infrastructure, which could limit their impact
What separates fast fintechs from slow banks
Anandhan Kannan addresses the critical £2,613-per-KYC-review bottleneck currently stifling UK financial services – not just another high-level overview but a technical and strategic roadmap for shifting from legacy “Workflow Engines” to modern “Decision Engines”
Overnight trading: Why the US can, should and will move to this paradigm
Laksh Gangwani explains why it is more a case of ‘if’ then ‘when’ 24/7 trading comes to the US and what that means for liquidity, regulation and legacy players