Head of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, said she thinks it is inevitable that global regulators come up with new regulations for cryptocurrencies; the IMF has been primarily focused on how the new currencies are being used for money laundering and funding illicit activities; this isn’t the first time the IMF has hinted at and discussed cryptocurrency regulations; trends in the direction of new legislation have been hinted at for some time though nothing widespread has occurred yet. Source.
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Opportunities to utilize technology in the insurance market are increasingly abounding and one area of the market that could benefit from greater technological innovation is the market for healthcare asset management; healthcare providers track an abundance of data on drugs and healthcare services; they are also creating new funds; third party service providers and asset managers are currently working to utilize this data as well as support healthcare investments; many of the processes connecting healthcare companies and third party service providers have yet to be fully explored by financial innovation and could be highly profitable for financial technology companies. Source
An article in Business Insider highlights a $96 billion hedge fund, Man Group; the firm initially held off on rolling out their AI powered trading bot out broadly until recently; by 2015 AI was contributing half of the profits to Man Group’s largest funds. Source
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With cryptocurrency market caps rising and futures markets being adopted 2017 saw hedge funds pour over $2bn into the space; the figures come from a Morgan Stanley note sent to clients with research included from Autonomous NEXT; the note also shows 84 of 100 crypto related funds started in 2017; this year has helped the market to begin being more widely accepted by traditional institutional investors. Source.
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Shift.com, a peer-to-peer used car online marketplace, has partnered with Hertz to sell the rental car business' cars on its platform; the partnership is changing the firm's business model and providing a bridge for future growth; the platform seeks to offer 20% of its used car inventory from Hertz and will also focus new market launches around new Hertz inventory; the partnership will help to reduce costs of used car acquisition which has resulted in a reduction of 25 employees from the firm's workforce; licensing details are also a factor which have caused the firm to temporarily pause its business in Washington, D.C.; the firm's website currently markets its services in Los Angeles, Orange County, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. Source
Chinese marketplace lender Hexindai has added a payments function to its mobile app; firm has partnered with China UnionPay for Quick Pass; QuickPass allows platform investors to use funds for payments at merchants in the China UnionPay network. Source