Latest News on private equity markets

BCG | Jason Green, Vinay Shandal, Wendi Backler, Keith Halliday, and Rachit Sharma | Dec 7, 2021 First the good news. A global study of private investment by Boston Consulting Group’s Center for Growth and Innovation Analytics found that Canadian ventures are well represented across 13 key low-carbon tech sectors.  HTEC, Svante, Amp and Li-Cycle, for example, all attracted

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10 million children may fall back into poverty if the child tax credit isn't extended

Radical Compliance | Matt Kelly  | Dec 6, 2021 The Biden Administration has released its strategy on countering corruption around the world, with lots of talk about cross-border collaboration, data collection, and tougher U.S. enforcement; but relatively little about new legislation that might add fresh burdens to anti-corruption compliance programs. The White House released the

The federal government has placed more emphasis on tax reporting in recent years for investors in bitcoin, ethereum and other cryptocurrencies.

Cointelegraph | Prashant Jha  | Dec 15, 2021 The largest Beacon Chain staking contract worth $33.5 billion is awaiting the Ethereum mainnet merger to unlock. The single largest Ethereum contract containing 8,641,954 Ether (ETH) worth $33.5 billion is sitting idle because it cannot be spent or sent. A Twitter user highlighted the Beacon chain contract,

The Fed is sticking with its near zero rate policy for now, but is paving the way for interest rate hikes sooner than expected. Here's what that means for you.

As lawmakers debate whether to give Americans more aid through the Build Back Better Act, a survey shows that the savings gap has widened.

Socially conscious investing and a global search for alternative energy has dimmed the appeal of oil and gas assets but some firms still appeal to investors.

Investors who've saved an adequate amount of money for retirement may be wise to reduce their market risk — but only up to a point.

Worried about volatile markets? Choppy moves can actually be opportunities for investors

IMF Blog | Tobias Adrian, Dong He, and Aditya Narain | Dec 9, 2021 Crypto assets and associated products and services have grown rapidly in recent years. Furthermore, interlinkages with the regulated financial system are rising. Policymakers struggle to monitor risks from this evolving sector, in which many activities are unregulated. In fact, we think

Cato Institute | Dec 9, 2021 Cryptocurrency regulation sits at the intersection of multiple regulatory regimes: financial markets regulators and banking regulators, among many others, have asserted authority over certain aspects of crypto regulation, which has resulted in an overlapping and incomplete regulatory framework that has drawn criticism from both proponents and skeptics of crypto

ECB | Ulrich Bindseil, Fabio Panetta, Ignacio Terol | Dec 2, 2021 Even before their deployment in major economies, one of the concerns that has been voiced about central bank digital currency (CBDC) is that it might be too successful and lead to bank disintermediation, which could intensify further in the case of a banking crisis.

Many taxpayers with complex returns have been waiting since spring for refunds tied to unemployment benefits collected in 2020.