Anna Lyudvig

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has approved a commitment of up to $100 million to invest in Africa-focused technology fund managers, with initial allocations going to Lightrock Africa Fund II and Future Africa Fund III as the institution increases its exposure to the continent's digital economy.

The Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund has made an anchor investment in Sabou Capital, a Nigeria-based impact fund focused on scaling small and medium-sized enterprises across West and Central Africa, as institutional capital begins to flow more deliberately toward secondary cities and underserved regional markets.

Rising volatility tied to AI-related stocks, geopolitical tensions and Federal Reserve uncertainty fueled a sharp increase in US equities trading

The platform delivers automated market insights to help enhance access to market information.

ACA Group's webcast examined survey findings on artificial intelligence adoption in compliance and operation.

The upcoming June 2026 Russell Reconstitution is set to mark one of the most significant changes to the Russell US Index framework in decades, as FTSE Russell moves the Russell US Index Series back to a semi-annual reconstitution cycle amid faster-moving markets, rising concentration in mega-cap stocks, and growing demand for quicker index inclusion of large IPOs.

As retail participation continues to reshape US markets, Charles Schwab CEO and President Rick Wurster said financial literacy, long-term investing, and broader access to markets remain central to the firm’s strategy.

In an interview with Traders Magazine Philip Seager, Head of Portfolio Management at CFM, explores how machine learning systems are transforming research workflows, how expanding data and execution infrastructure are driving systematic performance, and how electronic markets continue to evolve across fragmented liquidity pools.

Equity derivatives is a mature, highly transparent market where competition is intense and margins are under pressure, but what has changed is the increasing pace and complexity of the workflow, according to Simon C. Watts, Head of Product Development for Listed Derivatives and Delta One at Bloomberg.

African banks continued to outperform global peers, delivering some of the highest returns in the global financial system, driven by strong interest margins, rising fee income, and rapid digital adoption, according to a recent McKinsey report.