C.L. King & Associates

Wall Street | April 16, 2020

As Wall Street stocks pause for breath following a blistering three-week surge, signals from the options market are suggesting that some investors believe the gains may endure.The Cboe Volatility Index , known as “Wall Street’s fear gauge,” ended below 40 on Tuesday for the first time since March 5, after rising as high as 82.69 during a sell-off that took the S&P 500 down as much as 34% from its peak. That 40 level is a significant one for some VIX watchers: The pre...

Investment Management, Fintech

Businesswire | May 02, 2023

iCapital, the global financial technology platform driving access and efficiency in alternative investing for the asset and wealth management industries, announced it has launched a holistic structured investment ecosystem within Envestnet, a leading provider of intelligent systems for wealth management and financial wellness, that includes full proposal generation and the trading workflows. "iCapital and Envestnet are focused on making it easier for advisors and clients to...

SoftBank | February 28, 2020

Elliott Management Corp is pressing SoftBank Group Corp (9434.T) for details of nearly-$10 billion of investment securities on its balance sheet, as part of its campaign to improve the value of the Japanese conglomerate in which it holds a stake, sources said. The $40 billion hedge fund, one of the most powerful activist investors, has a $3 billion stake in the company and is trying to push for changes after SoftBank’s bet on start-ups such as space-sharing firm WeWork soured. SoftBank&rsq...

US bank | February 20, 2020

Fidelity Investments is to spin off its API-based data sharing startup Akoya as an independent entity that will be jointly owned by Fidelity, The Clearing House Payments Co. and eleven of its member banks Akoya operates a secure API network that creates a safer and more transparent way for consumers to grant access to their personal financial data to third-party financial apps. The approach provides a more palatable alternative to old-school screen scraping tools which rely on bank customers han...