Wealth and Asset Management

Brexit and beyond: wealth management in an era of political risk

Wealth managers adapt to appeal to female clients

Wealth Adviser 2019 - The Winners

Julius Baer assets hit record as money inflows pick up

SEI Partners with Vested EMEA

George Soros Buys Stake in Troubled Asset Manager

Executive Moves

Mercer makes Germany push with two appointments

Hermes hires Kevin Roche as director for private debt

Rothschild & Co strengthens Wealth Management team in Frankfurt

Former UBS wealth boss takes charge of smaller rival KBL

New Relationship Directors Hired by Barclays

ESMA Appoints Chair for its New Coordination Network on Sustainability

Legal, Regulation & Compliance

Mifid rules highlight the costs of investing

Liz Field: What does the future hold for regulation?

FCA finds "significant shortcomings" in review of principal firms

Gresham House and AXA IM team up for forestry fund

Money Laundering Deterrence in Europe: Time to Get Serious

German regulator orders online bank N26 to step up controls against money laundering

FinTech

Dubai firm plans sukuk tokens to invest in UAE real estate assets

Robo-adviser raises £59m from Allianz

Standard Chartered pioneers Trade AI Engine in partnership with IBM

Trustly and Collector Bank AB partner to offer Nordic merchants instant bank payments in the Collector Checkout

Dutch Bank ABN AMRO Launches ‘Forcefield,’A Blockchain Inventory Tracking Platform

FCA issues warning as £27m lost to crypto fraud

Alternative Investments

Reinsurance Group of America to acquire Generali's UK life legacy business

The diminishing world of uncorrelated returns

Tesco urged to seek active buyer for loans

LGIM expands multi-index range with two sustainable funds

Aligning the Interests of Hedge Fund Managers and Investors

Morningstar publishes 'Guided Tour' of Europe's ETF market

Investment Banking

Why banks like Deutsche have too many managing directors

Morning Coffee: Bereft of terrifying boss, UBS bankers become lethargic. Deutsche Bank re-sharpens the knife

Goldman Sachs to acquire UK insurance broker Aston Lark

Deutsche Bank CEO Signals ‘Tough Cutbacks’ to Investment Bank

Morning Coffee: The final battle for Deutsche's investment bank. And the incompetent rich

FinecoBank expands its multi-currency offering for UK consumers

Comment, Analysis & Research

Little by little, we went insane by Tim Price

Turkeys Twizzled by Tim Price

Rich Brits plough cash into crypto over Corbyn and Brexit fears

Scanning the Horizon by Sam Woods, PRA

Raphael: Boris Johnson gets his chance to fail, too

British ministers say the City of London will survive in a post-Brexit world

Tax

Andersen Global Expands UK Locations

Pass on your wealth without paying a penny to the taxman: Inheritance tax cost £5.4bn last year - and more are set to pay it

Further Tax Changes for Irish Property Funds

POLAND: Withholding tax rules affected by new beneficial owner definition

Setting a benchmark for inheritance tax portfolios

Swiss give clear ‘yes’ to corporate tax reform

Retail Banking

Why Capital Group has no time for 'big name stars'

Tesco Bank exits mortgage market

Metro advisers rake in £13m fees

Danske dumps $4.5bn in kroner as part of bank’s hedging plan

Metro Bank’s woes are a warning: watch the metrics

Santander wants to slash 3,700 jobs in Spain: union

Pensions

HMRC Makes Reclaiming QROPS Transfer Charge Easier

AJ Bell inflows fall as DB transfers slow down

Four lessons the UK’s pension industry can learn from Australia and New Zealand

Report: Pension de-risking 2019

Brunel Picks Two Managers to Run Low-Volatility Portfolio

Pension fat cats face MP probe: Huge payments to FTSE 100 bosses spark call for inquiry

Brexit

Business reaction to Theresa May’s departure

Investors can ride out the UK's political storm

The psychotic freakshow rolls on by Tim Price

Banks lose appetite for new Brexit fight

Brexit jeopardy: Nancy Pelosi issues THREAT to Theresa May over Brexit - 'No US-UK deal'

Money managers facing further costs following Brexit

ESG

Guernsey forges green finance collaboration

Sustainable funds attracts $26bn of net inflows in Q1 2019

Reasons why Guernsey’s going green

Ilmarinen backs Blackrock US ESG exchange-traded fund with €750m

ESG rating agencies fulfil the need for knowhow

Activists tell Barclays to bin off over bags