Portugal’s Golden Visa fund market, in charts Portugal’s Golden Visa no longer accepts direct real-estate investment for new applications. Since the October 2023 change, more applicants have looked at qualifying investment funds. But the fund route is not a single product category. The visible market includes private equity, venture capital, credit, debt, clean energy, crypto
Italy’s Fondazione Prada has opened a second call for entries for its new fund that backs independent films. Launched last year, the annual Fondazione Prada Film Fund grants a total of €1.5m to selected projects from around the world. Submissions are open till August 6 for projects in production and until September 10 for projects
Walk into any conversation about India’s big mutual fund houses and you’ll hear the same names on a loop. The SBIs, the HDFCs, the ICICI Prudentials, and the Nippons. These are AMCs with over lakhs of crores under management and a salesforce in every pin code. What you almost never hear is a name that
How a student who gatecrashed a careers fair caught EY’s attention, landed an internship: ‘He went all in’ Francesca Jones, EY US Early Careers Leader, shared the story while discussing how recruitment is evolving as artificial intelligence reshapes the workplace. According to Jones, the student, who is expected to begin an internship with the professional
Starmer trims budgets to fund extra £15bn for defence BBC Next chancellor will have to find £5bn to fund black hole in defence funding, government figures reveal – as it happened The Guardian £15 billion new funding boost to transform Armed Forces and keep the UK safe GOV.UK Keir Starmer says some road and energy projects will be
For most of the past decade, the simplest way to make money in stocks was to buy the biggest technology companies and hold on. In 2026, however, that approach has largely stopped working. The seven megacap names often lumped together as the “Magnificent Seven” have lagged as a group this year, and investors have been
The European Union is moving to create a new financing framework that could channel public and private money into cleaner ships, smarter ports and maritime technology, as Brussels seeks to strengthen Europe’s industrial base in one of its most strategic sectors. The proposed European Competitiveness Fund (ECF), part of the EU’s next long-term budget for 2028-2034, is designed to simplify access
New Delhi: The fifth edition of the Moneycontrol Mutual Fund Summit will be held in Mumbai on June 30, 2026. The summit, themed “From Innovation to Impact”, will bring together leaders from the mutual fund industry, regulators, and market experts to discuss the future of India’s mutual fund sector. The discussions will focus on how
Tracker funds have been around for about half a century, providing investors with access to a range of assets without them having to make difficult and risky decisions. Built to follow the fortunes of a given financial market index, trackers do not need management teams, which means they generally come with low charges. If you
TCW is a leading global asset management firm with more than five decades of investment experience and a broad range of products across fixed income, equities, emerging markets, and alternative investments. TCW’s clients include many of the world’s largest corporate and public pension plans, financial institutions, endowments and foundations, as well as financial advisors and