M Core enters Italy with €300m retail investment

Stamp duty, otherwise known as transfer or conveyance duty, is a tax imposed by state and territory governments whenever a person purchases a property. It can apply to owner-occupiers and investors, as well as first home buyers. Though, many jurisdictions waive or discount stamp duty for first home buyers. In some places, it can even…

Recognise Bank has appointed ex-Starling Bank chief operating officer Julian Sawyer as a non-executive director (NED). In addition to Starling Bank, Sawyer brings a wealth of banking and fintech experience to the board at Recognise Bank, and his previous roles include CEO roles at Zodia Custody and Bitstamp. Recently, Recognise Bank announced that it has…

For most of financial history, markets kept fixed hours. They opened, they closed, and once they closed you were stuck: you couldn’t adjust a position or react to news until they reopened, so risk just sat there building over the gap. That’s changing now, and the clearest sign of it is two assets that look…

The government is working on a new contributory pension scheme that could significantly expand retirement coverage beyond the existing Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS), according to a report by The Indian Express. The proposed scheme, which is part of the government’s EPFO 3.0 reform agenda, aims to cover workers in both the organised and unorganised sectors,…

Courtesy of the city of Garland A Digital Realty data center under construction in Texas in 2024 Despite soaring demand for artificial intelligence capacity, there are signs that the pipeline of data centers is slowing. While the development of data centers is still at record levels and is driving overall growth in U.S. construction, the number of data…