Wealth and Asset Management

‘And the Marketing Campaign of the Year award goes to Phoenix Financial PR’

IQ-EQ’s annual Crossroads event to explore relationship between PERE and family offices

Could CEO exit trigger Close Brothers break-up?

Group says outlook "mixed" as funds fall in third quarter

Wealth manager buys London adviser

Hargreaves Lansdown Makes Solid Start Amid Growth In Assets

Executive Moves

Self Bank Banca Privada hires third wealth director to bolster new private banking project

Altamar Capital Partners names managing director to its Private Equity Research and Investment team

Mackey to head levfin at UBS

Reed Smith adds new partner to London-based funds finance practice

UBS names new head of leveraged finance in Europe

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Expands European Team with New Partner Appointment

Legal, Regulation & Compliance

SJP ‘not in talks’ with FCA about charging structure

Ex Barclays finance chief would have faced charges over Qatar rescue, trial hears

Equatorial Guinea signs Lusophone Compact: new milestone in initiative to accelerate sustainable private sector development

Spanish manager Esfera Capital partners with HAMCO Financial to launch global equity fund in Spain

Danske Bank stops hiring new staff amid higher compliance costs

UK/Irish agreement gives ‘glimmer of hope’ to Brexit

FinTech

Raiffeisen Bank rolls out mobile payment app

Wealth managers battle to make it Appen

What can we learn from Sweden, the ultimate cashless society?

Platform costs could go up as tech firms merge

The real FinTech growth story

Mind the cryptoasset information gap

Alternative Investments

APFI updates member benefits for fund selectors

There is money to be made from 'ethical' investing

BlackRock Greater Europe investment trust mulls making foray into unlisted stocks

Standard Life private client platform rockets to £10bn

Italy's Del Vecchio calls on Mediobanca to grow through M&A

Leading Swedish insurance group selects Allfunds

Investment Banking

HSBC to close eight branches across Malta

RCSI agrees €40m loan to help fund Dublin campus development

Citi is cutting directors in its London banking business

Deutsche Bank's chairman best paid among German blue chips in 2018

Is UBS Leaving Money On The Table By Not Focusing Enough On Investment Banking Operations?

UK’s bank challengers are fading in fight with big four

Comment, Analysis & Research

IHT planning remains key growth area for advisers

Multi-asset outflows dent growth at Miton

Building better bridges: a world-leading investment industry around outcomes customers need by Charles Randell

Class, cliques and social codes: doing more on diversity by Christopher Woolard

Working Families announces the most family friendly workplaces in the UK

Job Cuts in 2019: A Bleak Year for Bankers

Tax

Nordic Lenders at Risk From Eastern Europe’s Latest Tax on Banks

Could IHT really be abolished?

Is an inheritance tax cut on the cards?

Germany publishes revised tax law requiring disclosure of cross-border transactions

Investment management tax alert - Deloitte

RUSSIA: Update on beneficial ownership status for holding companies

Retail Banking

Metro Bank launches new game-changing digital insights tool for businesses

CEO of Greece’s Largest Bank Has a Plan to Move Past Financial Crisis

Tough Times Persist For German Banking

Estonian bank enters liquidation over money laundering case

OakNorth Bank sets up £20m Raw Mortgage Fund loan

Santander launches own digital bank Openbank in Germany

Pensions

FSCS receives 78 claims against firm linked to collapsed DFM

UK fund trade body warns companies over existing directors' pensions

Sanlam asks network to stop DB transfers

Lane Clark & Peacock eyes KPMG UK pensions advisory arm

British expats pensions risk being frozen under no deal Brexit

Italian funds appoint Neuberger Berman to run joint private equity mandate

Brexit

Profile: Kleinwort's bank boss on why 25% of clients have new managers

EU Exit: Government No-Deal Readiness Report

British ignorance about Northern Ireland has heavy economic cost

Chancellor announces support for post-Brexit future

Joint declaration by the African, Caribbean and Pacific group of states and the European Union on the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals implementation

After Brexit – solving the border problem in a data driven world

Planet SOS

How to help spell out ESG in the wealth sector

Solid foundations in place and rapid progress made – Guernsey’s self-assessment on green and sustainable finance published

Advisers still blamed for slow ESG take up

Carbon offsetting: the frequently asked questions

Aberdeen Standard Investments BHP voting intention

ESG restrictions see limited impact on CLO credit