Rapper Travis Scott is dropping his new album at the Pyramids + Asset and wealth management firms are facing more consolidation than ever

Travis Scott is debuting his new album Utopia at the Giza Pyramids on 28 July, in a show that will be live streamed for fans around the world, the rapper said in a social media post yesterday. While the album has no official release date yet, it is available for preorder on Scott’s website, Hype Beast reported. Tickets for Scott’s show will be sold exclusively through Tickets Marché.

The new album comes years after the release of Astroworld, a name that has been tiedwith tragedy. Back in 2021, 10 people lost their lives and thousands were injured during a performance by Scott due to overcrowding and “compressive asphyxiation,” the BBC reported. Although a jury in Texas dropped the charges against the rapper two weeks ago, Scott still faces a number of civil suits raised against him in the aftermath of the show.

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Asset and wealth management (AWM) firms are expected to see a consolidation or turnover rate by 2027 that is “twice the historical average,” with some 16% of these firms on track to close their doors or be acquired by larger organizations, a PwC poll of 500 asset managers and institutional investors has found. While challenges are considerable and “existential,” the report states, the industry has nonetheless been adaptable to changes like digital transformation and adjusting investor expectations.

Conditions for survival and success: The report lists a number of areas the industry needs to evolve in and develop order to improve its chances of surviving nearly unprecedented mutations. These include: Maneuvering through exceptional market turmoil including inflation and elevated interest rates; getting to understand new, younger customers; being open and receptive to new and groundbreaking technology; forming alliances — through M&A for instance — to overcome competition; and compliance with environmental, social and governance (ESG) expectations.