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Pollen Street extends Sancus Lending Group’s funding line

This increase of £4.5m new cash into the business will enable the Group to implement growth plans and highlights the confidence and support of their largest shareholder.

German property market will slow — but no significant correction ahead, central bank says

German homeowners are less vulnerable to interest rate rises than some elsewhere due to the high proportion of fixed-rate mortgages.

Near £6bn pulled from multi-asset funds amid 'mini' Budget fallout

This has been a separate dynamic in the UK to the rest of the world

CT Private Equity discount remains stubborn despite NAV uplift

NAV up 9.3% in Q3

Commerz Real with first-ever participation in a venture capital fund for real estate start-ups

The fund is to have a final volume of approx. 100 million euros and primarily invest throughout Europe in technology start-ups in the real estate industry, so-called proptechs.

UK fund manager profit squeeze set to shrink bonuses by 20%

Forecast for lower bonuses follows an October Moody’s report that highlighted a 10% drop in the collective assets under management for 20 European asset managers

Skipton’s UK mortgage lending totals £1 billion

Our mortgage turnaround time from application to decision is exemplary and being a smaller bank means we are able to act nimbly.

Brussels wants to take on the London derivatives market

The European Union (EU) wants to take over part of the €115 trillion derivatives market, which is processed through the City of London.

FSCS confirms unchanged 2022/23 levy forecast of £625m and provides early indication of the 2023/24 levy.

At the end of this financial year, across all classes, any surpluses will be carried forward and used to offset the 2023/24 levy.

Progeny snaps up UK financial planning firm

Deal takes assets under management to nearly £7bn

Investment Week reveals winners of Women in Investment Awards 2022

Ceremony on 23 November

Invesco strengthens ESG criteria for corporate bond and emerging markets ETFs

Policy and methodology changes

Global insurance broker sets up Germany operation

To expand its healthcare offering for expats

IQ-EQ Guernsey set to move to island’s first BREEAM rated building

Admiral Park is Guernsey’s premier location for large offices, with a number of financial services institutions already in situ.

B&CE rebrands after 80 years

Collectively, those schemes have built up more than £17bn to provide for members’ retirements.

Helvetia relieves itself of interest payments

In the past, the all-insurer has repeatedly resorted to hybrid bonds to also finance its growth.

Edinburgh Investment trust NAV fell 8.2% partly blaming 'self-made' UK problems

Discount 10.6%

Zurich boutique’s property fund postpones capital increase

At the end of June, the real estate portfolio’s market value stood at CHF 1.48bn.

Novia exec foresees advisers paying part of clients’ platform fees

Neilson said hybrid pricing - ie, an adviser paying part of a client’s platform fee - would contribute towards “added benefits”, such as a platform drastically cutting down the time it takes advisers to complete manual processes.

Pension savers lose £1.7bn on retirement transition

Members are open to risks such as pension scams and erosion of value that has taken decades to grow.

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