Is Ant Financial feeling antsy ?
Shaking up the fund management industry in China and on its way to reinvent the business model which made its success, the huge valuation, attributed to the company in June '18, is one more challenge to overcome
Finance
Overhauling US payment systems
What if payment systems in the US, where only 2% of credit and debit-card transactions rely on PIN numbers and where 19bn cheques continue to be written every year, were finally ready for an overhaul ?
The US dollar and international trade finance
US monetary and fiscal policies will have an impact on the liquidity of the international credit market, reverberating throughout the world economy
Financial Services ETFs - much diversity in industry coverage
In the Financial ETF category, performance of funds with exposure to Financial Services and supporting activities has been oustanding but the definition of the industry segment is quite diverse
Asset exposure of Regional Banking ETFs varies greatly
At the high end of the volatility range of our Finance ETFs Overview, Regional Banking has been persistent in signaling a shaky outlook of the US economy at the local level over the past year
Insurance - Berkshire's growth engine
"Insurance, a business I do understand and the engine that for 51 years has powered Berkshire's growth ' W.Buffet - Chairman's Letter to the Shareholders 2017
The Banks of the KBW Index
The banks of the KBW index are large cap financial institutions and money centers and the PowerShares KBW Bank ETF, tracking the index, has been very successful in 2017