The Investment Association (IA) has today announced that it will be launching a specialist FinTech Accelerator for the asset management industry. The new IA Accelerator – named VeloCity – will be launched later this year and is part of the asset management industry’s drive to boost innovation and speed up the adoption of new emergent technology across the sector.
Commenting on TalkTalk Telecom Group plc announcement this morning of a £200 million placing of ordinary shares representing 19.99% of existing issued share capital, a spokesperson for the Investment Association said:“This placing on a non-pre-emptive basis ignores a fundamental shareholder right and a cornerstone of the UK capital raising system.
The Investment Association’s monthly statistics of UK investor behaviour in December 2017 show:2017 was a record breaking year with net sales into UK authorised funds reaching £63 billion Funds under management ended the year at an unprecedented £1.2 trillionFixed Income had its best-selling year and was the best-selling asset class in 2017, with a total of £14.3
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