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Allianz Grows Wealth Bet With Stake in $68 Billion Money Manager AlTi

Allianz SE is making a strategic investment in money manager AlTi Global Inc. in an expansion of the insurance giant’s global holdings in wealth management. The German insurer’s venture arm, together with alternative asset management platform Constellation Wealth Capital, will …

Amazon Enters India Wealth Management with Investment in Smallcase Technologies

Amazon.com Inc. has made its maiden investment in India’s wealth management sector, participating in a $40 million round by fintech startup Smallcase Technologies Pvt. The Bangalore-headquartered startup said the round was led by Faering Capital Pvt and also joined by …

China Insurers Face Shadow Banking Default Risk: Ratings Agencies

A doubling in the trust holdings of China’s insurers has prompted ratings companies to warn the industry may be taking on too much shadow banking default-risk. Insurers held 281 billion yuan ($46 billion) of trust products on June 30, surging …

New Tech Millionaires Trust Technology Over Traditional Financial Advisers

When the nine-person start-up he co-founded was bought by Facebook for a reported $15 million in January, Cemre Gungor, 27, was inundated with phone calls and emails from wealth advisers. Yet he spurned them all, opting instead to open an …