Asset Managers Could Violate Fiduciary Duty If They Don’t Consider Bitcoin, S...
A professor of finance and business economics at the University of Southern California says that asset managers focusing on growth strategy could violate their fiduciary duty if they do not consider bitcoin in their portfolios. Asset Managers With Growth Focus Need to Consider Bitcoin Financial researcher Nik Bhatia said last week that asset managers seeking growth returns on behalf of their clients need to consider bitcoin, the Insider reported. Bhatia is also an adjunct professor of finance and business economics at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business. In....
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It continually baffles me day after day that Wikipedia, a students' lifesaver and a mainstay in our modern day age, has not started accepting Bitcoin for donations. Bitcoin Blogger recently posted a response received from the Wikimedia Foundation about Bitcoin donation acceptance, the relevant contents of which are shown below, with my own added italicization. The Wikimedia Foundation, as a donor-driven organization, has a fiduciary duty to be responsible and prudent with its money. The Foundation does not currently accept Bitcoin or other currencies not backed by the full faith and credit....
In its attempt to relieve the pressure against the rupee, the Indian government announced on July 1 that it had hiked the duty on imported gold by five percentage points to 12.5%. However, there are fears the import duty hike will spur a resurgence in the smuggling of the commodity. India’s Worsening Trade Deficit Faced with a rising trade deficit and weakening local currency, the Indian government announced on July 1 that it was hiking the duty on imported gold from 7.5% to 12.5%. Immediately after the announcement, the precious metal’s price in India went up by 3%.....
The biggest Spanish asset managers are still not convinced of cryptocurrencies as an asset class, and therefore have no plans to invest in the space yet. The declarations of several spokespeople linked to these companies state that, while there is a significant opportunity in the nascent cryptocurrency sector, it is still too young and volatile to put significant investments behind it. Spanish Asset Managers Still Skeptical About Crypto Spain’s largest asset managers are still not convinced crypto is a good investment vehicle, at least for now, according to statements from several....
Societe Generale said its new suite of services geared to asset managers facilitates the creation of bitcoin and cryptocurrency funds under European law.