Wealth and Asset Management

Deutsche Bank WM to launch funds focusing on CIO views

Trust has one key mission - to preserve the 'real' value of investors' wealth

Queen's banker bullish on 'unloved' UK stocks

Charles Derby Group rebrands to Quilter Financial Advisers

BTG Pactual opens first Europe wealth office to tap Brazil expats

New business results for the six months ended 31 December 2019

Executive Moves

GAM appoints Charles Naylor as its new Global Head of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations

Banca Sella appoints business development manager

Schroder Adveq Strengthens Board

Butterfield Names New Group Head of Trust, Announces Management Appointments

Swiss Re Corporate Taps Ex-Allianz Exec Willauer as Head Property & Specialty, EMEA

Ex-Chancellor Philip Hammond joins fintech lender OakNorth

Legal, Regulation & Compliance

Drop in HMRC tax fraud investigations

GAM activist calls for immediate action to re-examine sale

Senior partner bags £1m for lock-in deal extension

Guernsey Finance “is more relevant than ever”

Germany Probes Deutsche Bank Payments to Saudi Royal Adviser: FT

Rothschild bank heirs sue authorities in Vienna for 'perpetuating Nazi laws by plundering £90m charitable trust that was seized by Hitler'

FinTech

Standard Chartered, Bahrain FinTech Bay to foster startups in the region

Objectway Releases Joint Report with Compeer "The Wealth Management Firm of 2025"

The blessings of PSD2 and open banking

SimplyBiz revenue up after fintech acquisition

How Britain's financial giants scuppered the digital banking revolution

Digital currency cannot be private, says French central banker

Alternative Investments

Aztec Group to administer Luxgrove UK real estate fund

Unigestion launches private equity fund

Darwall reveals plans for new fund house

Fairstone adds £263m in double acquisition

Saudi wealth fund PIF plans to buy soccer team Newcastle United

UK active fund managers suffer bloodbath in 2019

Investment Banking

UBS to Hire 20 Managing Directors to Boost Investment Bank

This year's bonus round: initial reactions

JPMorgan to buy Paris building to bring euro teams from London

Brazilian investment bank opens office in Portugal

Barclays said to be cutting some top director roles in investor banking

Wells Fargo is building out its investment bank in Paris

Comment, Analysis & Research

Opinion: this can't be what anyone thinks 'fair' overdrafts look like

Brexit making Brits go bonkers about banks and their bucks

Neil Woodford investors take hefty loss as payouts begin

Six eurozone banks fall short of ECB capital requirements

Surge in investor visa applications from China’s super-rich

Coronavirus: investors should avoid knee-jerk reactions

Tax

How to make multinationals pay their share, and cut tax havens out of the picture

Tax Agencies Step Up Efforts to Hone in on Crypto Tax Evasion

World's biggest banks pushing for £4bn post-Brexit tax cuts to boost the City

Taxman unearths £200m in joint operation

Despite US-French truce on DSTs, prospects for broader OECD tax pact remain uncertain

It May Be the Biggest Tax Heist Ever. And Europe Wants Justice.

Retail Banking

Spain's Bankia sees further decline in lending income in 2020, shares fall 3%

RBS boss Alison Rose plotting to axe thousands of NatWest jobs

Italy's Banca IFIS rules out M&A as it unveils new plan to boost profit

TSB to open new IT centre in Edinburgh

Danske Offers 2,000 Employees Option to Quit Amid Cost Focus

HSBC starts process to offload French retail operations

Pensions

Folksam, KLP and FPK invest via Nordic forest fund’s €500m funding round

FCA statement on Assessing Suitability Review 2

More than £2.85bn languishes in Swiss pension accounts

QROPS List – January 1, 2020

What will the Government do on Pensions in the Budget?

Pension costs hurt CC profits as A&O leadership sees pay increases

Brexit

ECB’s Lagarde Says She’ll Listen to Citizens, Pleads for Unity

Advisers warned of new no-deal Brexit dangers

Jersey to reforge business links as UK prepares to renegotiate free trade deals: Brexit

Goldman and JPMorgan tweak repo operations to limit Basel impact

Brexit means Brexit? Not quite…

UK Banks Put Aside Brexit Risk

Planet SOS

Comment: The side-effects of ESG investing

Sainsbury’s targets reducing carbon emissions

Climate rebel tycoon nets tainted millions: How Extinction Rebellion's British hedge fund backer profits from 'dirty' firms

Davos 2020 and climate change: How investment risks have shifted over a decade

How to Change Course on Climate

The Great Climate Shift - Saxo