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CoinShares: Investors Look to Advisors for Risk Assessment on Digital Assets

Wealth Management

Elaine Misonzhnik , Senior Editor, Investments June 23, 2025 4 Min Read Iaremenko/iStock/Thinkstock Investor interest in digital assets might be growing, but concerns about the security and regulatory uncertainty around the asset class mean that Bitcoin and crypto ETFs remain the most likely avenues for allocation.

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11 Investment Must Reads for This Week (June 17, 2025)

Wealth Management

Third-party model portfolios had $646 billion in assets under management as of March 31—an increase of 62% since June 2023, according to Morningstar. While more than 60 asset managers have filed for dual-class share structures, many firms may never launch them, Ignites reports.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (June 7–8)

Nerd's Eye View

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" – this week's edition kicks off with the news that a recent report finds that the number of SEC-registered RIAs, the assets that they manage, and the number of clients they serve all increased between 2023 and 2024 and suggests the industry is robust across the size spectrum, (..)

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Lawler: Federal Reserve Earnings Still Running Negative; No Remittances to Treasury for a While

Calculated Risk

The reason, of course, is that the Federal Reserve funded the bulk of these long-term fixed rate assets with increases in interest-bearing very short-term liabilities mainly depository institution deposits (reserves) and repos --with interest rates tied to the federal funds rate. release, and is available in the FRED database.

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Case-Shiller: National House Price Index Up 4.2% year-over-year in August

Calculated Risk

Home price growth is beginning to show signs of strain , recording the slowest annual gain since mortgage rates peaked in 2023,” says Brian D. Luke, CFA, Head of Commodities, Real & Digital Assets. “As With stronger gains in the Northeast and West than the South, blue states have outperformed red states dating back to July 2023.”

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FDIC: Number of Problem Banks Decreased in Q4 2024

Calculated Risk

percent) from 2023. The aggregate return-on-assets ratio (ROA) increased 3 basis points to 1.12 The increase primarily occurred due to one-time events in 2023 and 2024 that led to lower noninterest expense (down $8.5 percent, down 8 basis points from 2023. billion, up $14.1 billion (5.6 billion, or 1.4 billion, or 2.0

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MiB: Velina Peneva, Swiss Re Chief Investment Officer

The Big Picture

Peneva joined Swiss Re in 2017, becoming co-head of client solutions & analytics, before being named Group Chief Investment Office and member of the Group Executive Comittee in 2023. She explains the importance of matching your assets to your future liabilities, and why liquidity and quality are so important.

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