Wealth and Asset Management

UBS Group AG: UBS Europe SE completes acquisition of Nordea’s Luxembourg-based private banking business

Wealth managers who really earned their fees (and how they did it)

Schroders third-quarter assets buoyed by institutions as retail demand falters

Queen’s disgraced banker turns up too!

PBI Global Awards winners announced

Weatherbys doubles up in Scotland as personal touch pays off

Executive Moves

The head of EMEA equity sales quietly left Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Credit Suisse investment head joins UK boutique as CIO

Barclays rehires HSBC director for Scots regional wealth push

Jens Moritz becomes name partner at Rautenberg

Jupiter promotes Katharine Dryer to Deputy CIO role

HSBC appoints new co-head of under-fire investment bank

Legal, Regulation & Compliance

City braced for more departures

Lithuanian, Ukrainian central banks sign fintech cooperation agreement

Richest Clients Are Being Penalized by MiFID, Nordea Bankers Say

Italy must abide by European rules, agreements - IMF's Lipton

Burford Capital raises more than $250 million for continued expansion

Five reforms the ECB should embrace

FinTech

Brexit overtakes robo-advice as biggest broker threat

Barclays halts work on cryptocurrency trading project

Axioma moves investment management toolset to the cloud

Digital Competition Expert Panel: Call For Evidence

Member cityfalcon signed up by raiffeisen bank international

The fear of the blank screen by David Veal, corfinancial

Alternative Investments

Saudi buyers snapping up European commercial real estate

Investors bet against Italian debt as budget fears intensify

Charities lose as lottery punters turn to offshore betting websites

Carlyle dealmaker puts $100m of his cash into own fund

RBC: client exodus leaves Gars on course for £12bn outflow in 2018

Billionaire brothers bid for Santander HQ in Madrid

Investment Banking

Infamous memo is not the only problem for HSBC’s investment bank

Angry management: The dark side of Santander’s new boss

European banks left behind in the big UK takeover deal boom

HSBC Malta launches new international business service

Investments are weak spot for German economy: banking association

Investment revamp at Deutsche Bank puts focus on customers

Comment, Analysis & Research

Ireland especially attractive to money launderers, says expert

Sanlam’s Secret Weapon: Introducing Evolve By Penny Lovell

Markets in turmoil – our view by Canaccord Genuity

Confronting Climate Change in a Deeply Unequal World

London property owners use their homes as piggy banks

Public asked for views on the digital economy

Tax

EU transaction tax ‘very likely’ after Brexit

Tax purge slashes flow of offshore pension cash

Grant Thornton to create 48 jobs in Belfast

HMRC tax move killing off Qrop transfers

Where in the World Is Denmark’s $2 Billion?

Belgium: New register of ultimate beneficial owners introduced

Retail Banking

Barclays to challenge Goldman’s Marcus in US retail banking

Metro Bank rolls out money management Insights

Banca Generali reports September net inflows of €310 million

Goldman Sachs' new retail bank Marcus has signed up 50,000 UK customers in under 2 weeks

End of Greek cash withdrawal limits credit positive for its banks - Moody's

A Mega Bank Just Joined the Euro Zone; It's Too Big to Fail

Pensions

Government rules out flat-rate pension tax relief

Schroders targets DC default market with sustainable factor-based launch

National Advice Firm Believes FCA Bank on Free Informal 'Triage' Advice is in Consumer Interest

Punter Southall acquires Chartered Financial Planner

L&G to focus on supporting brokers in retirement lending space

LEBC Supports FCA Ban on Triage for DB Transfers

Brexit

Financial Policy Committee statement from its meeting

Bank of England warns EU over Brexit risk to financial stability

Hard Brexit risks UK status as ‘gateway to Europe’ for Japan as companies size up new sites

Cyprus to give British expats residency rights after Brexit

Nomura looks to Paris as post-Brexit EU lending hub

Is Brexit Creating Real Estate Investment Opportunities?