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Sweden saw more young stock owners
The stock-holding share of the population grew from 7 to 11 percent in five years, among Swedes aged 21–30, shows the yearly report from the country's central securities depository, Euroclear Sweden.
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Make it simple
More companies should aspire to a less complex corporate structure, which is easier both to operate and explain, suggests a magazine.
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Tyre maker issues short debt using DLT
Commerzbank joins the growing list of banks reporting successful completion of transactions over blockchain-enabled technology platforms, after trial with Continental and Siemens.
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Thai ’go’ for securities on blockchain
Thailand's parliament has voted to legalize issuance of tokenized securities like stocks and bonds.
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Spanish bond terms were agreed on blockchain
Insurance company Mapfre has put €35 million into the hands of bank BBVA for the six coming years, in a structured green bond issue that was negotiated over a blockchain network.
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China goes center-stage in corporate vencap
Out of the five most active corporate venture capital actors last year, two were Chinese.
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JP Morgan ”coin” could challenge Ripple
After recent news from JP Morgan – that it is launching its own dollar-pegged ”cryptocurrency” in a trial to radically boost administrative efficiencies – experts question the relevance of blockchain-enabled payments framework Ripple.
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Swedbank accused of massive laundering scandal
Evidence, investigated by Swedish public broadcaster SVT for five months, alledgedly shows that as much as $5.8 bn could have funneled through Swedbank, in possible money laundry related to Danske Bank's Baltic scandal.
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Blockchain could enable great change in treasuries
Real-time gross settlement and continuous reconciliation are among the possible gains to treasurers from DLT-enabled solutions going forward. A Finextra blogger runs through a list of practical possibilities that are now becoming available.
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Year-of-the-pig outlook burdened by recent blows
A Hong Kong treasury pro sums up what regional game changers to expect around China, upon exiting dog year 2018.
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