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Trust and security remain central to the platform’s proposition. OGold partners with established refineries, banks and auditing firms, while also providing insurance policies tied to users’ holdings, he says. These measures are critical to building confidence in a market where authenticity and asset security are paramount.Beyond spending, Abdeltawab highlights wealth-building features within the OGold app. Users can earn returns on their gold through yield-generating programmes, receiving additional gold annually. He also reveals upcoming features such as gold-backed lending, allowing users to take loans against their holdings.Geographic expansion is also on the horizon for OGold, with plans to launch in Egypt…

Published Sat, Apr 18, 2026 · 11:00 AM[LOS ANGELES] Blue Owl Capital co-chief executive officers Doug Ostrover and Marc Lipschultz have revised the terms of personal loans to remove the company’s shares as collateral, after turmoil in the private credit market hammered the stock’s value in recent months.The pair had previously pledged more than half of their Blue Owl stakes to secure loans from financial institutions, according to regulatory filings. But in a new disclosure on Friday (Apr 17), Blue Owl said that the executives no longer have any equity interests pledged as collateral.A representative for the firm declined to…

UK Finance has reported that there were 59,489 new buy-to-let (BTL) loans advanced in the UK in Q4 2025, worth £11.2bn.  Its BTL mortgage market update for Q4 2025 showed this was up 18.2% by number and 21.3% by value compared to the same period last year, with most of the growth coming from remortgage activity. The average gross BTL rental yield for the UK was 7.18% in Q4 2025, up from 6.99% in Q4 2024.  The number of fixed rate BTL mortgages outstanding increased to 1.46 million, while variable rate loans fell 9.8% to 466,000. The average interest rate…

A drone photo taken on Sept 9, 2025, shows vehicles passing a toll gate of the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge, seen from the north bank of the Yangtze River, in East China’s Jiangsu province. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING — China’s National Development and Reform Commission has released the second batch of major project lists for 2026 under the country’s initiative for implementing major national strategies and building security capacity in key areas.It also allocated 216.8 billion yuan (about $31.8 billion) of ultra-long special treasury bonds to support 336 key projects, according to the commission’s announcement on Sunday.READ MORE: China outlines policy…

(HedgeCo.Net) A critical inflection point is rapidly approaching for global markets, and institutional investors are positioning accordingly. According to signals from Citadel Securities, the final week of April has emerged as what many on Wall Street are now calling the “Super Bowl of Earnings”—a compressed, high-stakes period in which nearly 43% of the S&P 500 by market capitalization will report quarterly results. The scale and concentration of earnings releases during this window are unprecedented in their potential to drive market direction. More importantly, they arrive at a time when hedge funds and institutional allocators have already pushed net exposure toward historical highs, reflecting…

Working longer can offer greater financial security for some (Image: GETTY)The state pension age represents the earliest point at which someone in the UK can access their state pension. Beginning in April 2026, it will rise from 66 to 67 through a gradual rollout over the following two years.Further increases to the DWP state pension age remain under consideration, leaving middle-aged employees unclear about precisely when they’ll be eligible to retire with their state pension. While this has generated some anxiety, one expert suggests certain people could actually gain from both current and upcoming state pension age increases, though she…

Paragon Bank has expanded its buy-to-let mortgage range with the launch of new limited edition 60% loan-to-value (LTV) products, with fixed rates available over 2- and 5-year terms.The new range comprises six products for single self-contained (SSC) properties and three products for Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) and multi-unit blocks (MUBs), with the option to fix rates over 2- and 5-year terms.For SSCs, rates start from 4.35% for Paragon’s green mortgage product, available on properties with an EPC rating of A-C. This increases by 5bps for homes with lower energy efficiency ratings.For landlords financing HMOs or MUBs, rates start at…

(Bloomberg) — To see how Asian hedge funds got blindsided by the Iran war, look no further than Trivest Advisors Ltd. Most Read from Bloomberg Through its almost 16 years of existence, the firm’s $5.4 billion TAL China Focus Fund has weathered the country’s stock market routs, geopolitical spats and handling of the pandemic — only to have its worst ever monthly loss in March, slumping 10.2%. March “is likely to go down in history as one of the most challenging months for investors,” Trivest said in an update to clients. “Global markets have gone through an awfully painful pattern…

Oil prices fell this week as peace talks between the U.S. and Iran reportedly progressed.Investors became less fearful that events in the Middle East would push the economy into a recession, so they turned their attention back to investable trends such as artificial intelligence (AI).Will AI create the world’s first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an “Indispensable Monopoly” providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue »Here’s how some of the top tech stocks performed:Credo Technology (NASDAQ: CRDO), up 34%Oracle(NYSE: ORCL), up 27%CoreWeave(NASDAQ: CRWV), up 15%Image source: Getty Images.Credo Technology…

By Chinelo Obogo The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) had unveiled its new Conditions of Service (CoS) which it says will attract and retain specialised talent required to prevent transport disasters. During the unveiling of the CoS in Abuja this week,  the Director General of the NSIB, Captain Alex Badeh Jnr., said that the document which has been approved by the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, prioritises welfare and meritocracy. The NSIB said that for decades, the Nigerian public service has been slowed by the Annual Performance Evaluation Report (APER), a system often criticised…