Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has launched a new Global Innovation Equity Fund which aims to invest in innovative companies.

The FCA has given the green light to two ‘sandbox’ trials to support innovative firms devising new ways to tackle the challenges caused by the Coronavirus pandemic.

The founder of Nucleus has been appointed to a new role by the Treasury to help spot “market failures and blockers to innovation”.

FCA chiefs have reiterated their desire today to tear down the obstacles blocking the path for finance firms wanting to use digital and mobile technology to innovate. Read more...