Wealth and Asset Management

Julius Baer Is Hunting for Cautious Millionaires Within Russia

Aviva Investors' Flockhart buys into SJP in UK Listed Equity Unconstrained fund

Will the Lloyds-Schroders tie-up become the next SJP?

Rothschild Dynasty Targets Rich in Bid to Rebuild German Arm

Van Lanschot Kempen: 2018 net profit of over €80 million

Financial Planner firm ties up 33rd acquisition

Executive Moves

Christian Gosch succeeds Stefan Spannagl on Management Board of Avaloq in Germany

Change of Guard at Saxo Bank Switzerland

SS&C appoints head of hedge fund administration business

Beaufort promotes Balkham to CIO

Barclays' Grimstone Steps Down After 3 Years in Senior Roles

JTC adds to head office senior management team

Legal, Regulation & Compliance

EU, Singapore Agree to Mutually Recognise Derivatives Venues

New ECB guidelines extend active monitoring to intraday liquidity – but are banks ready?

Ending reliance on LIBOR by Megan Butler, FCA

Financial services legislation under the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018

Transatlantic tensions over dirty money

FSB: 'open banking' could spur 'big tech' disruption of finance

FinTech

Nomura Invests in Venture with Brevan Howard to Build AI-Solutions for the Finance Industry

Considerations for wealth managers to improve their technology stance

Wealth managers face tsunami of change in digital age

Interoperability of FinTech firms - Dentons

Firm launches pay-as-you-go digital life insurance

Iress eyes DFM growth to boost profits

Alternative Investments

Vale: Swedish funds cut mining giant from portfolios after dam collapse

BlackRock Eurozone core property fund acquires asset in Helsinki

The WBD Million Makers team receives accolade by The Prince's Trust

BlackRock has the most ‘alpha managers’ in UK market

Top performing fund managers named

Investment Europe launches Women In Investment Awards Italy

Investment Banking

Standard Chartered sets aside $900 million to cover U.S., British fines

Gulliver’s non-travels worth £500,000

Deutsche Bank Plans to Rebuild South Africa Staff After Cuts

Former Lloyd's of London chairman David Rowland passes away

HSBC has been paying some big guaranteed bonuses to attract people to its investment bank

M&A activity in fund sector breaks 11-year record

Comment, Analysis & Research

Wash your dirty linen at home

Death of Bruno Schroder raises questions for banking and fund management empire

How do entrepreneurs’ outlooks differ globally - Saffery Champness

Making succession planning easier for family businesses by Octopus Group

Barclays income boost cheers investors, makes Brexit provision

British Banks Are Getting a Last-Minute Break From the EU

Tax

UK middle-income earners ‘sucked into tax schemes’ confess

UK tax avoidance mapped

UBS's 5.3b euro gamble in France tax case: deal or no deal?

PwC considered quitting Ineos over Monaco tax move

Ryanair pilots fly into £3.2bn tax storm

Dow Schofield Watts Launches New Tax Consultancy Arm

Retail Banking

Ulster Bank staff cuts fear over wind-down of units

Positive RBS International Annual Results 2018

Closure of bank branches and cash machines ‘cutting off’ parts of Scotland

Nationwide takes IT investment hit as profits fall

SocGen To Shrink Trading Unit, Cuts Targets After Market Rout

French bank BNP Paribas lowers targets after weak fourth quarter

Pensions

Major banks accused of ‘pensions racket’ for senior executives

Hargreaves's McPhail to chair transfers group

Insurance boss warns pension shake-up plans are ‘terrifying’

PIMFA Calls Retirement Outcomes Review from FCA an Opportunity Missed for Consumer Engagement

LEBC expresses concerns over record numbers accessing pension plans/record withdrawals

From truffle trees to sunken treasure, beware of unregulated investments in your pension

Brexit

British Banks Are Getting a Last-Minute Break From the EU

City clearing houses are given no-deal Brexit access

Warning for British banks over Brexit staff relocation

Bank of America Brexit preparations cost $400m

Business Families Consider Option As Brexit Deadline Nears

British and US Banks at loggerheads over ties with EU ahead of Brexit