#asset-management

#asset-management

JPMorgan's asset and wealth management division is ditching its long-held practice of using external proxy advisors for advice on shareholder voting decisions. The bank said it was "the first major investment firm to fully eliminate any reliance on external proxy advisors for our U.S. voting process," according to an excerpt from an internal memo seen by Business Insider.

By late 2025, the commercial real estate sector will likely face a convergence of challenges that analysts have long predicted. For owners of aging office stock, three distinct pressures are colliding: stubbornly high vacancy rates due to hybrid work patterns, the maturity of loans originating in the low-interest era, and the implementation of strict municipal carbon legislation. In this volatile landscape, the integration of AI is rapidly shifting from a luxury amenity to a critical survival mechanism for stabilizing asset value.

What a year 2025 has been: Rich in both cyber events and innovations alike. On the latter, not a week has passed without a mention of innovation in Artificial Intelligence (AI). I am excited about the innovative ways AI is going to be used to benefit our society; perhaps this is the 4th Industrial Revolution coming. The level of useful innovation in cyber security, despite some questionable claims by certain vendors, will increase in 2026 with new products and services.

The expansion adds products including residential transition loans, construction and builder financing, multifamily lending, home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) and second-lien strategies. The investments will flow through CrossCountry Capital (CCC), a subsidiary launched in 2022 that currently manages $7 billion in loans. CCC's nonagency securitization program has attracted more than 50 institutional investors. Ron Leonhardt, who founded the Ohio-based CCM in 2003, said the asset management arm supports the company's origination business by allowing it to capitalize on the current market environment.

Out of more than 18,400 money managers worldwide, just 12.9% are women, compared with 12.5% last year and 10.3% in 2016. The absolute value of assets managed by women has tripled over the past ten years to £4 trillion, but this growth reflects a rise in mixed-gender teams, which now manage almost 15% of funds, up from just 6.7% a decade ago.

Making investments is a smart step toward securing your financial future, but managing them shouldn't feel like a full-time job (unless it is, in which case, getting organized is still going to be super helpful!). Staying on top of your investments is essential to optimizing your returns over time and understanding what's working and what's not. This habit not only helps you increase savings and reduce debt but also brings peace of mind.

So what happened with the festive zombie? "And then you're going to say, 'Yeah, but it has,'" Miles continued. "I'll say it has by accident. And that was never the intention. We've come out and been very clear that we use these as tools to help the team, but they do not replace any of the fantastic team members we have that are doing the final touches and building that content to put it in the game."

Tribeca Global Natural Resources Ltd. has released its estimated net tangible assets (NTA) backing per share as of August 8, 2025, with pre-tax and post-tax values of $2.12 and $2.17 respectively, indicating potential for investment.

VCs are raising more capital and the number of venture capital firms has increased from about 1,900 in 2019 to 3,417 by early 2024.

"IBIT overtaking IVV in annual fee revenue is reflective of both the surging investor demand for Bitcoin and the significant fee compression in core equity exposure."

Artificial intelligence is changing the slow investing game popularized by investors like Warren Buffett and Peter Lynch, enabling faster fundamental investing decisions.