One Big Thing In Fintech: Co-founder and CEO of AI data analytics start-up, Qi, says retail investors now dominate equity flows, which will force institutional investors to assess their cost structures, performance and how they use data.

Source: The Trade

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Watch Out For This: South Africa has angrily condemned travel restrictions imposed by countries including Britain as “knee-jerk and draconian” as it scrambled to assess the potential for the new Covid-19 variant to unleash a deadly fourth wave.

Source: The Guardian

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Market Moving Headline: There has been a slight hawkish shift from the Fed recently. So far market effects are small, but we see tendencies of a stronger USD, higher real rates and more volatility in risky assets. We expect those trends to be reinforced in 2022.

Source: Nordea