According to Daniele Bianchi, of Warwick Business School, is Assistant Professor of Finance and he researches crypto-currencies incluing Bitcoin, despite fears about the Bitcoin 'bubble' bursting, the price of the new digital coins is going through the roof...

A decade after the financial crisis, the U.S. continues to debate whether financial reforms put an end to 'too big to fail' — the concept that banking institutions are so large and integral to the financial system that the government could not afford to let them go under.

TOBAM, the Smart Beta pioneer, announced today the launch of the TOBAM Bitcoin Fund, an unregulated Alternative Investment Fund, set up in France. The fund, the first of its kind in Europe, will allow qualified and institutional investors wanting to gain an exposure to the cryptocurrency to benefit from TOBAM's top-of-the league research and IT systems to track the value of investing in the Bitcoin.

Building on the success of its global corporate loan fund, BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM') has launched BNP Paribas Flexi III European Senior Corporate Loans and appointed two new credit analysts.

The asset management and private banking businesses are adopting new brands. Natixis Global Asset Management becomes Natixis Investment Managers, and Banque Privée 1818 becomes Natixis Wealth Management.