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(Bloomberg) — Franklin Templeton is preparing to put tokenized assets inside conventional investment funds after receiving what the firm says is the first US regulatory clearance for digitally native products to be used within traditional funds. The firm plans to use its tokenized money-market fund inside ETFs and mutual funds, either as a holding or…

Accounting firm tech stacks may be leaking more information than leaders realize, including sensitive client data, due to unintentionally agreeing to innocent-sounding terms and conditions that give vendors permission to access and use it how they see fit, such as training their own AI models. Processing Content As a result, many firms are likely in…

After a brutal 2022, the S&P 500 (^GSPC +0.59%) surged 24% in 2023, 23% in 2024, and roughly 16% in 2025. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC +0.64%) performed even better, gaining 43%, 29%, and 20%, respectively. Both indexes have climbed in 2026, extending a rally fueled mostly by enthusiasm surrounding artificial intelligence (AI). There’s a…

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Key insight: Traders of bonds and futures contracts are favoring a rate hike after the Federal Reserve chair’s speech in Jackson Hole, Wyoming last week. The remarks appear to have repaired the central bank’s credibility for the time being. Expert quote: “Markets appear to have taken these remarks as his intended signal that a discussion…