04/11/2025
UK economy sees surprise improvement, but tariff volatility will see it buffeted
This global economic uncertainty is going to do very little for consumer or business confidence in the UK and as such growth will continue to be lacklustre.
Comment, Analysis & Research
04/10/2025
EY Fraud Survey: Nordic Banking 2024
Enhanced transaction monitoring is essential for reducing fraud losses, as AI becomes a powerful tool for both banks and fraudsters.
04/09/2025
Banks buck trend as UK’s largest employers cut gender pay gap
The gender pay gap has narrowed across UK plc, but some industries must work harder to address the imbalance
04/08/2025
Unite Group gives mixed signals in Q1 update as reservation rate slows
This increase has come from rental growth, with modest yield expansion in London capping a slightly higher rental growth figure in the capital.
04/07/2025
The EBA publishes its annual assessment of banks’ internal approaches for the calculation of capital requirements
Regarding market risk, the decline in the dispersion in the various risk measure is confirmed for this exercise.
04/07/2025
Asset management pioneer faces new growth step
This is why investment products that track an index at low costs are enjoying such great popularity.
04/04/2025
How Guernsey’s private trustee structures can protect assets
Private Trust Companies and Private Trust Foundations remain effective vehicles for preserving the value of significant assets, says Rupert Pleasant, chief executive of Guernsey Finance
04/03/2025
ARC Indices Estimates
Continuing the recent trend, Europe/UK equities outperformed the US and value stocks outperformed growth.
04/03/2025
Mark Haefele’s ‘complete opposite’ route to UBS wealth's CIO hotseat
UBS GWM's global chief investment officer discusses his team’s evolution, which themes are surviving Trump and what appeals to billionaires.
04/03/2025
TPR oversight of trustees long overdue, but clear guidance on ethics needed
The professional trustee market has developed rapidly in recent years
04/02/2025
The transformative power of AI
In the early stages of a new technological breakthrough, it is often hard to discern fact from fiction.
04/02/2025
11 family offices for startups to tap into in the Nordics
From legacy wealth to founder-led investment firms
04/02/2025
Poland Investment Funds and Asset Management Market Report 2024-2026 Featuring PZU, Pekao, Santander, PKO, Allianz, Goldman Sachs, and Ipopema
The analysis covers the main pillars of the market including mutual funds, insurance and pension assets.
04/01/2025
Fixed Income Assets Management Strategic Industry Report 2025
This comprehensive report provides an in-depth analysis of market trends, drivers and forecasts.
04/01/2025
Wealth Managers Turn to AI and Private Assets to Boost Their Business
Private assets remain a key focus for wealth managers, although 26% consider that access (or lack thereof) poses a threat to their business
03/31/2025
Filing of list of candidates for appointment to the Board of Directors of Assicurazioni Generali
Nine of the ten Directors currently in office, appointed from the list submitted by the outgoing Board in 2022
03/31/2025
UK inflation slows despite expectations
German consumer confidence improves slightly after elections
03/28/2025
UK economy treads water as data confirms anaemic growth in Q4 2024
The government remains reluctant to raise taxes for working people, but this leaves limited options when it comes to funding its priorities, and the economic backdrop is doing few favours.
03/28/2025
How fintech is changing asset management – Martin Gilbert at FundsTech Forum 2025
He now chairs AssetCo, a firm focused on asset and wealth management innovation and Revolut, the global neobank transforming digital banking and payments.
03/27/2025
Steering portfolios through a new world (dis)order
A slowing US economy is the first casualty of policy uncertainty.