Wealth and Asset Management

Schroders expands European Equities footprint with Nordics portfolio managers

Brewin Dolphin adds sixth fund to Voyager range for advisers

London wealth manager takes stake in Dublin investment tech platform Omnium

Ninety One and Imperial College launch bespoke Climate Risk Programme

Asset manager M&A means technology providers must keep up

LGT is one of the 25 “Best Workplaces in Europe”

Executive Moves

BlackRock index specialist departs to join LSEG’s FTSE Russell EMEA business

New Director Appointed at the Oxford-Man Institute

Aviva names new CRO and CIO

Allianz to lose top asset management executive amid funds dispute

Schroders swaps out co-manager on former Woodford trust

PGIM Investments hires Rob Hall from Natixis to boost UK wholesale distribution

Legal, Regulation & Compliance

Ex-rugby star turned private banker accused of stealing €578,000

Central Bank of Ireland Review Identifies Market Abuse Deficiencies

Stricter rules on pay for UK asset managers – are you ready?

Ten years on: Impact of GFC is still being felt in asset management industry

Guidance for approval of senior pay

Giovannelli e Associati with Objectway on the cross-border acquisition of Die Software

FinTech

UK fintechs join trade delegation to New York for climate summit

Tough Cloud rules will stifle bank uptake - Afme

Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services 2.0: Managing machines in an evolving legal landscape

Turning compliance into a commercial advantage through technology

Hargreaves Lansdown Selects ICS Athena

Novia backer secures £55m for UK wealth platform M&A push

Alternative Investments

Oddo BHF snaps up French value boutique

Man GLG launches sustainable absolute return fund

Digital bank accounts are target for new partnership

BNP Paribas Asset Management Adopts Euronext CAC 40 ESG Index

Baillie Gifford cuts fee on top performing US Growth trust

Pictet Alternative Advisors Keeps Capital Flowing for BTR Developments

Investment Banking

BNP Paribas Asset Management and Dynamic Credit Group agree partnership to boost private debt solutions

Rothschild, Jefferies Outmuscle Big Banks in U.K. Deals Bonanza

Heligan Group reports year-to-date deals

Goldman Sachs’s Petershill Plans London Listing

Citigroup eyes UK and Ireland investment banking growth amid ‘feeding frenzy’ deal boom

Credit Agricole’s profit doubles even as investment banking lags

Comment, Analysis & Research

The enduring appeal of Bond – Fleming’s world of escapism and espionage stands the test of time

Annual Broadridge Distribution Achievement Awards at ALFI Conference Honour Rising Stars and Global Giants

Online world a 'wild west' without Online Safety Bill tweak

Investors lap up green gilt issuance, but proof will be in the pudding

Prudentist Speech by Sam Woods

Seizing opportunity – challenges and priorities for the FCA

Tax

IHT receipts up 35% on 2020 after nil rate band freeze

Any change in corporate tax rate would only affect ‘very large companies’ – Varadkar

Non-doms probed by HMRC for suspected unpaid tax

Germany: Federal tax court rules on direct shareholding requirement under PSD

UK's tax gap points to a system in need of simplification

Gift planning opportunities for US persons in the UK

Retail Banking

Hansard Global: Results for the year ended 30 June 2021

CaixaBank awarded ‘World's Best Bank Transformation’ by Euromoney

Curtis Banks to integrate further with platforms

Sabadell seeks to cut 13% of workforce in Spain

ING Bank Romania gross profit rises 19%

Italy state-owned bank MCC to access books on Monte Paschi assets -sources

Pensions

HMRC lacks data on pension annual allowance breaches

Forthplus Sipp remains shuttered

Tenet tidies up DB permissions

Regulators to force DC pension schemes to detail charges

Capgemini wins contract with Pensions Dashboard Programme

FCA confirms periodic review of pension transfers redress guidance

Planet SOS

A first for Guernsey’s insurance ESG framework

Using private capital for public good

A Journey and a Race: Helping build a net zero Economy

Ecosystems bring dynamism and reinforce the decoupling of front-end and back-end systems

Unstoppable ESG momentum puts investment manager reporting in the spotlight

The journey to net zero – climate risks and opportunities

Covid-19

EBRD mobilises private sector for Covid-19 response

Fifth of UK investors' "knocked off course" by Covid

France fine-tunes business aid as COVID-19 blank cheque ends

EU and UK vaccination certificates can now be uploaded into IATA Travel Pass

Deteriorating mental health and cybersecurity top HR risks

Welfare fraud and errors cost UK a record 8 billion pounds during pandemic