Author: Jordan

The gap between bottom- and top-quartile alternative investment managers is wide, causing endowments and foundations with similar asset class allocations to different managers to achieve different returns, emphasizing the importance of prudent manager selection, according to “The Implementation Gap,” a white paper from OCIO Analytics.Return dispersion—the spread between the 5th and 95th percentiles of returns across institutions, which had stayed lower than 10% from 2016 through 2018—has been elevated since the pandemic, peaking at 24.5% in the first quarter of 2021 and remaining greater than 10% for every quarter since except one.A cause of this dispersion, according to the paper,…

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NVIDIA today announced that it is bundling “Pragmata,” the new Sci-Fi action adventure game, with new purchases of GeForce RTX 50-series “Blackwell” graphics cards from its various add-in card partners, new notebooks with RTX 50-series gaming GPUs, and pre-built desktops with RTX 50-series graphics cards. From a technical standpoint, “Pragmata” is a pioneering game as it is the first to implement path-tracing with Neural Rendering for more visual realism. It also implements DLSS 4 upscaling, and multi-frame generation. The giveaway is available to select markets, select brands, and through participating retailers. The offer is limited to one Steam code per…

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Paragon Bank has launched a new range of limited edition five-year fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgages and brought back an 80% loan-to-value option as lenders continue to refine their landlord propositions. The specialist lender has introduced six limited edition five-year fixed products available at up to 70% loan-to-value, split between three products for loans up to £1 million and three for loans above £1 million up to £4 million, depending on loan-to-value and portfolio size. All carry a flat fee of £3,995. Rates for products with maximum loans of up to £1 million start at 5.67% for single self-contained properties with EPC…

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TUX Creative House has earned five Platinum awards at the 2026 MUSE Creative Awards, securing top honors for its campaign W Hotels x Hotel Tales across multiple social media categories. The MUSE Creative Awards is a prestigious international advertising awards platform, celebrating excellence and innovation in the realms of creative design, advertising, and digital media. The award honors the extraordinary craft that shapes compelling narratives and leaves a lasting impact on audiences. Platinum represents the highest level of recognition, placing the work among the most distinguished global entries in creative strategy, storytelling, and execution. Developed for W Hotels, Hotel Tales…

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Online lenders are increasingly popular with homebuyers, who are drawn to their lower rates, wider availability and streamlined applications. In some cases, digital lenders can even offer hybrid or virtual closings.Below, we’ve crowned the best online mortgage lenders, including digital-only nonbank lenders and traditional brick-and-mortar banks with robust web offerings. (See our methodology for more on how we made our selections.)Best online mortgage lendersBest for low down payment: Rocket MortgageRocket MortgageMortgage typesConventional, FHA, VA, HomeReady, Home Possible, Rocket ONE+, jumbo, refinancing, home equity loanTerms10-, 15- and 30-year fixed-term conventional loans, 30-year VA and FHA loans, custom mortgages with fixed-rate terms…

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PANAMA CITY, April 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — BingX, a leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3-AI company, recently announced a zero-fee trading campaign for BingX TradFi Futures running from April 13 to July 31. It allows users to trade futures on traditional financial assets with no fees, while ensuring that partners and affiliates continue to receive full commissions through platform-funded subsidies. BingX Launches Zero-Fee TradFi Futures while Maintaining Full Partner Commissions (PRNewsfoto/BingX) The zero-fee initiative builds on the broader BingX TradFi Market, which offers cost-free access to a growing range of over 100 traditional financial assets across commodities, forex, stocks, and indices. Fully…

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As the war in Iran rolls into its seventh week, markets are still putting more weight on impacts to inflation than a potential growth shock down the road, Goldman Sachs economists wrote in a client note on Tuesday. Since the war began, yields have increased across all G10 economies, with six of those governments now expected to raise rates in 2026, up from three prior to the outbreak of conflict, economists George Cole and William Marshall wrote. Only the US Federal Reserve is expected to cut rates this year, though the timeline for a cut has been pushed out, the…

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Keystone Property Finance has hired Steve Griffiths as commercial director, further strengthening its senior management team. Griffiths (pictured) joins from Shawbrook Bank, where he held the role of commercial director for retail mortgage brands that included The Mortgage Lender (TML) and Bluestone. He will work closely with chief executive David Whittaker and managing director Elise Coole, overseeing the sales and product marketing functions to support the next phase of Keystone Property Finance’s expansion. He brings more than 30 years of financial services experience to the specialist lender. The appointment follows the recent completion of a funding line designed to…

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