Wealth and Asset Management

Putting cash to work as summer ends…and rates fall

Rothschild & Co significantly expands its Wealth Management presence in Dubai

7iM Unveils Powerful New Digital Reporting Feature for Advisers

Corient Announces Global Expansion Through Addition of Stonehage Fleming and Stanhope Capital Group

SMA, the integrated model that combines advanced consulting and management

Del Vecchio’s Billionaire Heir Gets €350 Million From Indosuez

Executive Moves

Chancellor appoints growth adviser

Empire Global Finance appoints Nigel Pascoe as private client adviser in the Channel Islands

Deputy District Judge Appointments

Wealthtech Flanks names Sebastian Henrichs COO

Aviva Investors further bolsters Fixed Income expertise

Afin appoints business development director to support high net worth proposition

Legal, Regulation & Compliance

West brothers sentenced for insider trading and forced to pay £280,000

Chambers UK Bar Awards 2025 nominations

Economic uncertainty weakens monetary policy transmission

Pension credit claims fall but rejection rates remain stubbornly high

TISA: Targeted support could ‘miss’ three out of four consumers without legislative fix to PECR and clarification of FCA rules

Sterling Could Be Vulnerable as BOE Rate-Cut Bets Look Conservative

FinTech

Iress teams up with Aviva to deliver fully online application process

Sygnum Asset Management Expands Investment Solutions to Germany and Liechtenstein

Nephila Capital Selects SEI as a Global Strategic Partner

GenTwo and Luma Financial Technologies Announce Strategic Partnership: First AMC Products To Launch Q4 2025

CaixaBank customers in Spain can now pay with installments when checking out with Apple Pay

UK emerging as prime destination for tech growth ahead of US, Europe and APAC despite persistent barriers to investment

Alternative Investments

Consolidation causes ‘difficult balancing act’ for advisers

One Four Nine expects to be profitable despite delay filing accounts

SSPA launches innovative benchmark index for structured products

MBaer announces new sponsorship

Square Mile reshapes fund ratings after August reviews

TCS Completes One of UK’s Largest Policy Migrations for Lloyds Banking Group’s Scottish Widows

Investment Banking

Crédit Agricole CIB closes landmark advisory and financing for the Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (HARP)

UniCredit further converts into shares part of its synthetic position in Commerzbank also increasing its voting rights to around 26%

Scottish National Investment Bank publishes annual report

UBS snaps up ‘oversold’ residential property and supermarkets

UniCredit Bank Romania merger with Alpha Bank Romania successfully completed

Mediobanca says next week's vote needed for investors to have a choice

Comment, Analysis & Research

Lack of financial collaboration puts women at risk, Unbiased warns

ARC finds only 18% of wealth firms considering private markets

The retail revolution in private markets: What’s driving change?

Advisers see rise in use of deeds of variation to avoid IHT

Richest 10% of households hold almost half of country's wealth

Altiant global luxury and asset management (glam) monitor

Tax

Overpaid pension tax claims jump 20% and ‘could get worse’

Thousands of pensioners claim back more than 10k after being overcharged

Experts warn Rachel Reeves’ rumoured property tax proposals could push more HNWs to leave UK

Frozen thresholds keep boosting tax receipts but Autumn Budget may demand more

Ningi launches IHT tool amid incoming changes

Accountancy firm adds third office in High Wycombe through acquisition

Retail Banking

Strategic considerations for non-Banks in the Swiss mortgage lending market in the next low interest rate cycle

Commerzbank to issue €500 million in callable non-preferred debt

Banks have closed more than one in three branches in the past five years

Santander lifts rates and cuts others, Molo trims BTL prices

Halifax named Defaqto Home Insurer of the Year

Coop Norway announces new core banking platform

Pensions

ESG considerations driving food and drink industry acquisitions

Schroders Greencoat eyes deal for scandal-hit solar operator – reports

Pensions allowance tax charges hit record high

Pensions industry fires back at Opperman criticism

XPS partners with Abrdn to launch DB pensions master trust

Pension providers call for personalised advice rules

Planet SOS

Power down: a wake-up call for Europe’s energy grid

UBS has withdrawn from the Net-Zero Banking Alliance

Standard Chartered and Brazilian State of Acre to bring high integrity carbon credits to market to support forest conservation

Columbia Threadneedle announces €50m first close of private markets impact fund

The rise of ESG-linked incentives in European banking

Stronger growth and new product developments at radicant