July 21, 2026

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Wealth Management

Envestnet expands tax-management push with Vanguard alliance

Advisor’s Alpha framework joins Envestnet’s platform, giving advisors new tools to manage client tax exposure year-round. Envestnet is deepening its tax-management capabilities through an expanded relationship with Vanguard, folding the leading asset manager’s Advisor’s Alpha framework and model portfolios into Envestnet‘s wealth management platform. The move announced Thursday gives financial advisors on the platform a more

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Fund

What Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund bought and sold in June 2026: Top 10 holdings revealed

Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund is the largest open-ended equity scheme in India, managing assets of around ₹1.43 lakh crore as of June 2026. Flexi cap funds invest across large-cap, mid-cap and small-cap stocks without any restrictions. Here’s a closer look at the fund’s portfolio activity in June 2026, including what it bought and sold.

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Energy

Peak Energy to build US sodium-ion storage factory in Sacramento

Peak Energy’s 183,000ft² manufacturing facility in Sacramento, California. Credit: Peak Energy Technologies/PRNewswire. Peak Energy has selected Sacramento, California, as the location for what it describes as the US’ first manufacturing facility for grid-scale sodium-ion energy storage systems. The facility, measuring 183,000ft², is expected to produce up to 4GWh of battery systems annually, enough to power

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Tax

Andy Burnham urged to scrap income tax and NI in radical fiscal overhaul | Andy Burnham

Prominent economists including Jim O’Neill, an ally of Andy Burnham, are urging the MP for Makerfield to pursue radical tax and spending reform to “unlock the gridlock that plagues the country” when he is confirmed as prime minister. O’Neill joins Jonathan Portes, an economics professor at King’s College London, and Danny Sriskandarajah, the chief executive

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Energy

Grid operator warns of energy crunch as heatwave strains network

Britain’s grid operator has sent out a fresh warning regarding power supplies after soaring temperatures piled strain on energy networks. The National Energy System Operator (Neso) issued an Electricity Margin Notice for Thursday evening, encouraging power plants to provide extra supplies to cope with “extreme temperatures”. The notice is the third of its kind this

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Energy

Why do dogs and cats get the zoomies? The science behind the sudden bursts of energy

Get the Well Enough newsletter with Harry Bullmore for tips on living a healthier, happier and longer life Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Does your cat or dog suddenly get a burst of energy and perform athletic feats around the house that would make

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Fund

Nandan Nilekani-backed Fundamentum launches ₹2,200 crore for third fund | Start Ups

The Fundamentum Partnership, the venture capital firm co-founded by Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani and veteran investor Sanjeev Aggarwal, said it has launched a ₹2,200 crore third fund, betting that India’s growth-stage startups still need dedicated capital.   The fund, which includes a ₹400 crore greenshoe option, makes Fundamentum the only pure-play Series B investor

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Energy

Experimental bathtub: the remote lake island trying wave power to boost energy security | Hydropower

Beaver Island sits in the middle of the northernmost end of Lake Michigan, about 70 miles from the maritime border with Canada. The forested island, just a little bigger than San Francisco in size, is a popular summer destination for tourists and home to about 600 permanent residents. Getting there requires a boat or plane

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Wealth Management

Wealth-tech startup Fincart launches AI driven investment app

Financial planning and wealth management platform Fincart has launched a new version of its Fincart app. The app offers financial planning tools with goal based investing and AI driven personalisation across mutual funds, digital gold, unlisted stocks and other investment products on a single platform. According to the company, the app enables users to plan,

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Tax

The Real Cost of Letting a Chatbot Calculate Your Tax Return – Income Tax News

I spend a lot of time on tech forums. One type of post keeps showing up: I filed my income tax return using an AI chatbot. Some read like victory laps. Others are cautionary tales.  Having spent over a decade building tax technology, I read every single one of them carefully. Together, they show where

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