Swiss stablecoin project enters testing phase, adds SIX and TWINT as partners

(Bloomberg) — The war in Iran caused a spike in Canadian inflation expectations and is leading the country’s oil producers to boost their investment and production plans. Survey data released Monday by the Bank of Canada show businesses and consumers expected a quickening pace of price increases in the second quarter, coinciding with rising tension…

When SpaceX (SPCX -4.11%) entered the Nasdaq-100 on July 7, index funds tracking that benchmark had no choice but to buy the stock — under a month after the company’s initial public offering. Some investors might be hoping the S&P 500 (^GSPC -0.75%) prompts another round of that sort of buying. S&P Dow Jones Indices,…

The limits on institutional ownership of single-family rental properties is likely going to be a credit positive for the segment with a gradual improvement in collateral quality, a Morningstar DBRS FAQ said. Processing Content The sector’s future is cloudy for lenders as well as investors, with the restrictions on ownership prescribed in the 21st Century…

SafeGold‘s new digital film borrows the language of startup pitches to raise a question most Indian households never ask of their jewellery: what is it actually earning? Every Indian household has a version of the pitch meeting. It happens at the dinner table, someone proposes a plan, everyone else interrogates it, and eventually someone with…

The tech world is racing to implement fixes after the discovery of critical security vulnerabilities in software used to power much of the internet. The software, known as PHP, is an open-source programming language widely used to power websites and web applications. The discovery of the flaws prompted urgent warnings from governments worldwide, while tech…

For years, mutual fund investors have faced a deceptively simple question: Should you pay a fund manager to pick stocks, or simply buy the index? Fresh data from Morningstar’s Active/Passive Barometer India suggests there is no one-size-fits-all answer.   In some categories, active fund managers have had a substantial edge over passive funds in recent…