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Global commercial real estate markets feel impact of COVID-19

Cross-border investment has slowed significantly with travel restrictions, in particular inter-regional investment which declined by 61 percent during the second quarter.

Time to evolve ESG analysis – Mona Shah

Before the pandemic, there was a mass of ESG data available.

Quilter doubles redress provision for British Steel pension transfers

Quilter bought Lighthouse Group in June last year bringing an additional 390 advisers to the firm's growing adviser operation.

What Can We Learn About Crédit Agricole’s (EPA:ACA) CEO Compensation?

While this analysis focuses on total compensation, it’s worth acknowledging that the salary portion is lower, valued at €1.1m.

Spotlight: European economy gains momentum for recovery, but uncertainties persist

The European economy has slid into a severe recession in the first half of 2020.

Rising Level 3 assets threaten bank profits

Dealers are relying on in-house models to value large amounts of complex structured products

Brexit concerns outweigh covid-19 for retirement planning abroad: research

Despite current travel restrictions, the top ten locations remain the same as last year, with both New Zealand and the Far East growing in popularity, and the top five not moving at all.

Carey Olsen partners discuss transparency on latest episode of Stephenson Harwood's private wealth podcast

They discussed what the commitment by a number of Overseas Territories (including Bermuda and Cayman) actually means in practice and the future of transparency and privacy measures across the offshore world and more generally.

All banks can learn lessons from ECB ICT risk survey

There are some recurring themes in the ECB report around ensuring appropriate IT skills in the boardroom, reducing reliance on legacy end-of-life (EOL) systems and considering how to manage change.

HSBC Private Banking: How investors need to position post-Covid-19

Here are some of the key challenges and opportunities that investors need to position themselves around for the world after Covid-19, writes James Cheo

UK to remove Belgium, Andorra and Bahamas from safe travel list

“If you arrive in the UK after 0400 Saturday from these destinations, you will need to self-isolate for 14 days.”

Brits still want to move to the EU after lockdown

But from 2021 they face greater obstacles as Brexit will be fully in place

British banks face more severe Covid fallout than their European peers

All five UK banks have under-performed, falling by between 42% and 55% this year compared to a 36% fall in the European banking index.

Bank leaves interest rates unchanged, but its outlook remains uncertain - comment from Fidelity International

The good news is that activity seems to have picked up sharply since the April trough.

BofE Chris Bailey Commentary: We have seen a chink of light for UK economy

This is another positive signal at a time of still considerable uncertainty.

Flexible working is here to stay for financial advisers

Advisers will also find socially distanced desks, hand sanitiser stations, one-way systems and personal protective equipment as commonplace.

Businesses lose over $1m annually due to poor data management

Indeed, ITDMs confirmed they are losing, on average, more than $1m annually due to poor data management.

What happens when my loved one dies? Three steps you need to take in the UK

The process is more straightforward if the death was expected and the cause of death is clear.

Swedish pension injects €48.5m into A-rated PM's impact mandate

Swedish giant increases the size of strategy overseen by UK-based ESG investment specialist Impax AM.

Office for National Statistics looking at attitudes towards pensions and saving for retirement

The gradual increase in confidence concerning our retirement finances coincides with an increasing trend toward people viewing pensions as the most secure way to save.

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