Alternative investments are attracting ever more investors. According to the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association, between 2003 and 2018, the size of the global investment market doubled, while alternative investments almost tripled to $13.4 trillion. This would mean around 12% of worldwide investments…

Invesco addresses a variety of themes surrounding Bitcoin and the blockchain such as: how the ledger works, putting bitcoin into perspective, valuation of a cryptocurrency, overview of major cryptocurrencies, and the use of cryptos in a portfolio perspective.

This primer will provide an overview of Web3 and emerging digital assets, and related terms and technology. Its aim is to equip the reader with the foundational understanding necessary to appreciate the next market environment.

Investors should focus on the disruptive potential of the blockchain-based ecosystem in finance and the wider economy, not speculation in cryptocurrencies.

Since 2009, self-styled ‘cryptocurrencies’ have developed well beyond Bitcoin, becoming a vast and rapidly changing ecosystem. This paper offers an overview of the trend and technology behind cryptocurrencies, as well as an assessment of the risks, valuation, and potential long-term outcomes of cryptocurrencies. No matter…

Since 2009, self-styled ‘cryptocurrencies’ have developed well beyond Bitcoin, becoming a vast and rapidly changing ecosystem. This paper offers an overview of the trend and technology behind cryptocurrencies, as well as an assessment of the risks, valuation, and potential long-term outcomes of cryptocurrencies. No matter…

Investment Content Quarterly: A Special Report for investment marketers

Savvy Investor's latest Investment Content Quarterly (ICQ) for Q3 2022 provides unique insights and market intelligence viewpoints, derived from our own data and observations. Designed to help investment marketers better understand content trends…

In Savvy Investor's latest Investment Content Quarterly (ICQ) for Q1, we provide market intelligence to help investment marketers understand investment content trends, helping them to develop and fine-tune their content strategy.

Key Takeaways:
 

• Many expect emerging markets to become a…

Are investors living through the most influential time ever? A hinge moment in history? There are those who argue that we are, as new technological discoveries are implemented faster than ever before. A confluence of technological discoveries is opening up great potential for innovation. Quantum computing, artificial…

Should cryptoassets have a role in professionally managed portfolios? This brief by CFA Institute is designed to help investors who are trying to understand cryptocurrencies and blockchain. The author answers essential questions and explains the key issues.

This collection of papers focuses on the vital role of digital in today’s businesses. Many organizations were already in the throes of digital transformations pre-pandemic, before COVID-19 accelerated the pace of business across the globe. Some sped up efforts already under way; others implemented digital capabilities for…

AI has become a vital co-pilot in the wider investment industry’s digital strategies. Now, it’s important to understand the relationship between blockchain and digital tokenization with emerging technologies like GenAI.

First introduced on the Ethereum blockchain in 2015, smart contracts have become the backbone of Decentralised Finance (DeFi). Smart contracts are computer programmes stored on the blockchain and run when predetermined conditions are met. They are designed to facilitate financial transactions among blockchain users, without…

Blockchain-based systems are run by a decentralized network of participants and are designed to be censorship-resistant. We use sanctions imposed by the U.S. Department of Treasury on Tornado Cash (TC), a smart contract protocol, to study the impact and effectiveness of regulation in decentralized systems.

Decentralized finance, or DeFi, is a rapidly growing ecosystem of financial applications built on blockchain technology, primarily on the Ethereum network. These applications aim to recreate traditional financial instruments and services, such as lending, borrowing, trading, and insurance. The authors describe how arbitrage…

This piece highlights conversations related to Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanisms, as well as staking-related developments and the importance of staking data for institutions, in the broader blockchain and cryptocurrency sector.

This edition of our Digital Digest analyzes the growth of artificial intelligence, and its applications to digital finance.

The report, “The Impact of Distributed Ledger Technology in Global Capital Markets” evaluates the opportunities and risks of DLT and DLT-based securities and assesses the applicability of existing legal, regulatory, and risk management frameworks. To illustrate the potential of DLT in capital markets, the report examines…

The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated several market trends, not least the use of cryptocurrencies and the incorporation of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors by investors. Mainstream financial institutions’ growing acceptance of cryptocurrencies as an investable and tradeable asset class has certainly played…

The advent of blockchain technology has allowed for a virtual cornucopia of possibilities for individuals, business, and governments around the world. Twelve years since Bitcoin’s genesis block, with an increasing progression toward digital money, MIM dives into the origins of blockchain technology, the evolution of…