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OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FINTECH SNARK TANKLet’s face it: taxes are the financial boogeyman that investors try to ignore until it’s too late—and by then, the IRS is knocking. Whether it’s a windfall from selling startup equity or trimming down a fat ETF position, few investors understand the tax implications of selling stock in real time. And to be fair, the system isn’t helping.That’s about to change.Embedded tax platform april (they spell it with a lower case “a”), in partnership with Nasdaq Private Market (NPM), is launching real-time tax transparency. The new solution brings embedded tax calculation into the decision flow—giving…

Tuesday’s announcement that Disney is acquiring Lucasfilm was a shock to the visual effects and post-production community. The deal includes Industrial Light & Magic, the most storied of vfx studios, and Skywalker Sound, a revered name in audio post. Post pros remember well Disney’s disastrous acquisition of vfx studio Dream Quest Images in 1996, which ended with Dream Quest shuttered five years later. Disney topper Robert Iger offered assurance on an investor call Tuesday, saying “We want to let Industrial Light & Magic remain as is,” and saying it would continue to work for other studios, even as ILM management…

Interest in proprietary trading, more commonly known as prop trading, has grown exponentially over the past five years. Originally more of a niche product for professionals, it has seen rapid adoption amongst retail traders owing to how it makes online markets more accessible to a wider audience. This growth has led to the prop trading market being valued at over $10 billion in 2025, driven by remote accessibility, digital platforms, and new evolutions in trading technology.Prop trading firms like the award-winning Ultimate Traders are revolutionising the industry by transforming trading from a wealth-based undertaking into a skill-based one.…

SEBI headquarters in Mumbai | Credit: Reuters/Francis MascarenhasThe Securities and Exchange Board of India’s recent proposals on maintaining pro-rata rights of limited partners, or investors, in private equity, venture capital and other alternative investment funds (AIFs) may resolve two key practical problems fund managers face frequently, legal experts say. Pro-rata rights refer to investors’ rights that are in proportion to their ……This is a Premium article. Please subscribe or log in to read the full story!Here’s a selection of our recent premium content.Already a member? Click here to log in. Source link

As digital gold continues to gain traction across India’s investment landscape, regulators and tax experts are urging investors to fully understand the taxation framework and the risks associated with an increasingly popular yet largely unregulated product. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) recently issued a fresh advisory warning consumers that digital gold does not fall under its jurisdiction, nor is it governed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) or any recognised commodity exchange. This leaves a vacuum of investor protection at a time when digital-gold transactions are hitting record highs. According to Sujit Bangar, Founder of TaxBuddy.com,…

Samsung Heavy Industries will build a dedicated facility in South Korea to produce and test Amogy’s ammonia-to-power systems. Image Credit: Amogy Technology firm Amogy has signed a multi-year contract manufacturing deal with South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) covering the production of its ammonia-to-power systems. SHI plans to establish a dedicated facility in South Korea to build and test the units, starting with those needed for Amogy’s pilot project in Pohang in 2026, Amogy said in a statement on its website on Wednesday. The deal expands on the firms’ earlier collaboration following SHI’s investment in Amogy in 2024,…

Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Junior kindergarteners watched with wonder and scrunched little noses as their teacher showed them how she guts a fish on a school-day afternoon at Weledeh Catholic School.They helped her scrape the scales off the whitefish with a spoon and ‘eeked’ at the sight of blood.The demonstration came during an afternoon of fire feeding, splitting logs and swinging in hammocks outside during class time, all under plenty of adult supervision. It was all part of the school’s land-based junior kindergarten program’s outdoor…

It’s fight week for Matchroom Boxing and, for the company’s chairman, Eddie Hearn, that means another week in front of multiple microphones and cameras.During an average fight week, Hearn estimates he does around 20 to 30 interviews as a promoter. But this is not an average week. This is the week of Chris Eubank Jr versus Conor Benn II, two of the sport’s biggest British names, at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday night.It means Hearn can expect to be considerably busier with his publicity commitments — not that he minds. Boxing, he says, is best described as a “hyperbole of…

Netflix has only split its stock twice before.Netflix (NFLX +1.85%) announced some exciting news recently: It’s enacting a 10-for-1 forward stock split, effective on Nov. 17. Stock splits can be exciting for investors for multiple reasons, including because they open up access for new investors who don’t use brokerages that allow fractional share purchases. Investment strategies involving options are also easier when the share price is smaller. This is Netflix’s first stock split in over a decade (it last split its stock in 2015). Companies often see their stock’s price point rise around a split due to factors like those…

After a three-day strong rally, the Indian stock market cooled off slightly in Thursday’s session, with key indices remaining largely unchanged as traders awaited election results in the politically significant northern state of Bihar, which could have implications for government policy.Although the markets opened in the red, they quickly reversed losses in the first half of the session. However, those gains were pared as the day progressed, causing the Nifty 50 to close 0.01% higher at 25,577 points, while the S&P BSE Sensex also settled flat at 84,447.Sector-wise, Nifty Metal emerged as the top performer, gaining 0.33%, followed by Nifty…