Wealth and Asset Management

Rathones manager spent £200m on shares as market crashed

Tilney slashes cash payout to S&W holders in new merger deal

Benchmark Capital invests in specialist retirement planning firm - TRPP

LGT study - Swiss investors learn from crises, but remain true to their investment mix

Infusive Asset Management’s UCITS Fund Becomes Available to UBS Private Wealth Management

PM+M launches free funding, R&D and wealth management virtual consultations

Executive Moves

JPMAM hires from Amundi and BoE for sustainable investing team

Ex-Blackrock director lands at Brooks Macdonald

Moelis appoints MD in Global Healthcare Group

Juan Bernal, from Caixabank, and José Carlos Vizárraga, from Ibercaja, will be vice-presidents of Inverco

J.P. Morgan bolsters sustainable investment team with four hires

Ex-Sesame Bankhall MD named CEO of Quilter Financial Planning

Legal, Regulation & Compliance

Regulator working on how to avoid ‘lumpy bills’ for firms in future

Covid-19: FCA updated guidance on branch access for essential services

Withers partners with BIICL on new research project for sovereign wealth funds

New game rules for non-resident companies

European bank ramps up stimulus package

CIC expands its offering for corporates and investors via a cooperation agreement with M.M.Warburg & CO

FinTech

Nucleus account director dies

Danske Creates Permanent Work-From-Home Option for Bankers

Aztec and Ferbrache support fund closings

EBRD launches regional start-up initiative

SIX extends DocHub platform reach through Finnova

Contemi Solutions Analytics Module Named Most Innovative FinTech Solution

Alternative Investments

Decision of the Board of Directors in respect of AXA’s dividend proposal for 2019

Fight and be bold: the Private Equity mantra in overcoming the coronavirus crisis

Investment Association: Recognise distinction between ETFs and other ETP structures

Fidelity International Launches New Sustainable ETFs

ESG: Major UK beneficial owner publishes sector-exclusion list

Schroders firm acquires majority stake in UK financial planner

Investment Banking

Citi just launched a new unit that will apply data science to dealmaking.

Deutsche Bank equities professionals try to settle at BNP Paribas

HSBC brokers deal to take full ownership of German arm

Deutsche Bank asks top managers to forego a month’s pay

This could be the end of juniorization in investment banks

Societe Generale finalises the acquisition of Commerzbank's Equity Markets and Commodities activities

Comment, Analysis & Research

Four steps your company can take to reduce global mobility risks

The Isle Of Man M&A Year In Review Part 1 – Why Is It Significant?

EU fiscal union only a possibility because UK is exiting – Kames Capital

Daniel Pinto identified where JPMorgan tech jobs could be cut

Reaction: FCA ban on contingent charging pension transfers- Barnett Waddingham's 'DB to DC transfers' stats & comment

The good, the bad and the opportunities: three tiers of high yield issuers emerge as pandemic hits home

Tax

Weekly Tax Brief

Funding the coronavirus response in the UK

UK taxman account freeze orders up 177% in a year

Management of tax reliefs

A clampdown on corporate tax avoidance is coming. Companies should embrace it

HMRC Sharply Increased Use of Account Freeze Orders in Latest Tax Year: FT

Retail Banking

Citi defies coronavirus with Western European corporate lending push

Nationwide takes £100m hit as profits plummet

HSBC to sell US retail arm as part of more 'drastic' overhaul: reports

Challengers beat incumbents on account opening experience

Commerzbank calls in consultants from McKinsey and Bain

Russian bank TCS expects slower growth in 2020, withdraws guidance

Pensions

Surge in number of Brits fearful economic crash could derail retirement goals

Coronavirus: Deloitte in talks to slash pension contributions

The Pensions Regulator sets out its views on valuations against a challenging backdrop

Pension funds suffer record losses as Covid-19 hits

Bumper year for emergency tax applied to pension withdrawals

One in 10 over 55s dipping into their pension early due to COVID-19

Brexit

Brexit reshuffle sees profit at Barclays' Irish arm hit €76m

Banks hedging Brexit bets amidst COVID-19 uncertainty

UK business post-Brexit – Is your company ready?

Wealth Creators Post Brexit

Private Banking Insights: why HNW clients fear Brexit

How will the EU reshape fund managers’ regulations after Brexit?

Planet SOS

EBRD announces winners of the 2020 Sustainability Awards

Big business and its effect on biodiversity

Quilter Cheviot’s sustainable investment fund marks its 10 year anniversary with £100m milestone

How the renewable energy industry is battling the coronavirus blues

Guernsey launches green private equity principles

UK support grows for a green Covid-19 exit

Covid-19

How the worlds of sport and pensions collide

London City airport to reopen by end of June

Investor plans £15bn support for UK companies toiling with crisis loans

COVID-19 & green finance: What next?

Covid-19 stamped out in Guernsey under the boots of a one-woman army

Keeping a large law firm on track as Covid-19 strikes