Shanny Basar

Senior writer

A Senior Writer at Markets Media who became a financial journalist in 2000 after working in banking for over a decade. As a journalist, Shanny has previously worked in New York close to a decade, which included covering the financial crisis in 2008, before venturing home to the UK. Shanny studied Mechanical Engineering as an undergraduate. Her passion for the arts led her to complete an Arts & Humanities degree, currently, Shanny is aiming for a Masters in Art History. When Shanny is not too busy studying, she writes plays with the goal of seeing one performed on stage. With a passion for travel, Shanny has been known to take a year off to travel round the world.

Latest From Shanny Basar

SEFs Almost Open for Business

David Solomon Expects Secular Private Credit Growth

David Solomon, chairman and chief executive of Goldman Sachs, said there will be good secular growth in private credit and the bank is well placed to take advantage, especially since the formation of the bank’s capital solutions group. Solomon sp...

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Clock Synchronization: A Matter of Timing

DeepSeek Triggers Record Trading Session at Blue Ocean ATS

The announcement of a new artificial intelligence model by Chinese firm Deepseek on the evening of Sunday 26 January led to record trading on Blue Ocean Technologies’ venue for overnight trading of US stocks. The total notional value of trading d...

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Nasdaq Highlights “Exceptional” Index Business

Adena Friedman, chair and chief executive of Nasdaq, said the group’s Index business had an”exceptional” year in 2024, which helped the Capital Access division reach record full-year revenues. Nasdaq reported that total net revenues for 2024 were...

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Close to 100% Buy-Side Adoption of Digital Assets is “Inevitable”

Nearly all the buy side will have digital assets as a permanent part of their asset allocation according to consultancy Crisil Coalition Greenwich. The consultancy found in a survey that half of its buy-side respondents believe digital assets wil...

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BlackRock Files for Bitcoin ETF In-Kind Creation & Redemption

BlackRock has filed for regulatory approval to allow in-kind creation and redemption on its bitcoin exchange-traded fund, as there have been a slew of new crypto ETF filings since changes at the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund man...

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Financial Sector Battles Cyber Crime

SEC Paves Way for Banks to Custody Digital Assets

Under the new administration, the Securities and Exchange Commission has repealed its SAB 121 ruling which required custodians to recognise all digital assets as liabilities on their balance sheets, and imposed large capital costs. The repeal pave...

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Buy Side Forced to Review Collateral Arrangements

Digital Collateral Mobility Infrastructure Develops

Digital asset derivatives exchange Bitnomial is launching a regulated clearinghouse in the US and Eurex Clearing, the derivatives arm of Deutsche Börse, plans to offer improved collateral mobility using distributed ledger technology (DLT) in the s...

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Source Targets Retail ETF Investors

Generali/Natixis IM Joint Venture Targets Private Assets

Woody Bradford, chief executive & general manager of Generali Investments Holding, part of Italian insurer Assicurazioni Generali, said the joint venture with Natixis Investment Managers, the asset management arm of French bank BPCE, offers tr...

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