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Coinbase IPO Turns Out to Have Been Bad Day to Splurge on Crypto
Bloomberg 7 hrs ago Claire Ballentine and Vildana Hajric
(Bloomberg) Like many things in markets, crypto managed to maximize the pain. The rise of a slew of coins went on just long enough to pull in a bunch of otherwise sensible money. And then they made them pay.
The siren song reached a peak with Coinbase Global Inc.’s market debut on April 14. The direct listing of the largest U.S. crypto exchange supercharged theories that crypto had made it to the investing mainstream, that Wall Street’s embrace lent legitimacy to the asset class and the sky was the limit. Retail investors flooded in.
Goldman’s Brand Could Be Its Biggest Benefit or Achilles’ Heel in Attracting RIAs Goldman Sachs has been quietly building RIA custodial services behind the scenes, with big-name hires and plenty of resources; but can it overcome its Wall Street heritage to appeal to independent advisors?
Last May, Goldman Sachs announced its acquisition of Folio Financial’s clearing and custody technology, and since then the Wall Street firm has been quietly building out a custody offering for registered investment advisors, poaching top executives from some of the largest RIA custodians in the country.
And while Goldman has made no formal announcement around its RIA custodial service, industry observers say it s a smart strategy; there’s room for Goldman and other smaller custodians to pick up market share from some of the larger, rapidly consolidating players; for instance, some advisors have complained of subpar service levels at Schwab in the midst of its integration with TD
Since the beginning of May, about $154 million has been pulled from clean-energy ETFs.
Claire Ballentine | May 12, 2021
(Bloomberg) After a stellar 2020, the record-breaking boom in clean-energy funds is rapidly giving way to a bust.
Investors are yanking cash from the sector at the fastest pace in a year, while two of the biggest exchange-traded funds tracking the industry the iShares Global Clean Energy ETF (ICLN) and Invesco Solar ETF (TAN) have each tumbled at least 24% in 2021. Since the beginning of May, about $154 million has been pulled from clean-energy ETFs.
Thank the pressure on big-tech stocks. Funds that have higher environmental, social and governance standards have long benefited from substantial stakes in giant growth companies. Now a post-pandemic economic recovery is triggering a rotation to cheaper shares, and the benefits are swiftly becoming drawbacks.