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Columbia Threadneedle converts fund to European credit strategy

The fund has been created by converting the CT (Lux) European Strategic Bond fund and will be managed by Christopher Hult.

High-value mortgages rise as wealthy buyers leverage debt

The total value of these mortgages reached £3 billion, with the average loan standing at approximately £10 million.

European Investment Bank chief heads to Ottawa amid warming EU-Canada ties

Aim of Nadia Calviño’s visit is to establish an EIB presence in Canada and start work on critical minerals projects.

The Autumn Budget: Structuring wealth across generations

While we can’t know what the Autumn Budget will bring, Coutts can help you understand what it could mean for intergenerational wealth and succession planning.

Expected years in retirement: For how long do Europeans receive their pensions?

As people become eligible to receive a pension once they reach retirement age, Euronews Business used life expectancy at the retirement age in each country.

Almost 7 million adults in the dark about their State Pension

HMRC is encouraging people to check their State Pension forecast using the HMRC app during Pension Awareness Week.

Nine in 10 UK manufacturers turn to automation to navigate geopolitical uncertainty

UK manufacturers remain confident about their future prospects, despite rising energy costs and ongoing geopolitical uncertainty.

Retirees now spend more supporting family than on groceries

Policy changes also appear to be influencing behaviour, with 39% of retirees saying the current political environment is affecting their inheritance tax planning.

Who holds the data? The EU Data Act's access by design rules take effect

To mark the first anniversary of the Act's general applicability, one of the deferred areas of the Act

Francois Pienaar’s Make A Difference Leadership Foundation (MAD) brings one-of-a-kind celebrity charity art auction to London

Morgan Freeman, Siya Kolisi, Owen Farrell, Maro Itoje and David Coulthard among the names featured in the Heart-Held Icon Project Cocktail Auction

UK Inflation Rises to 3.1% as Bank of England Rate Decision Looms

August’s inflation figures increase the pressure on the BoE to raise interest rates in the coming months.

Closing the gap: women, pay and pensions

The gender pay gap is stubbornly high, with women receiving an average of 7% less than men for full-time work.

Whole life assurance: the quiet solution to the IHT landscape

A whole of life assurance policy, written in trust, can ensure your family can meet part or all of the IHT payable on your estate on time.

Millions of pensioners set for another boost as earnings growth likely to drive triple lock uprating

“For pensioners, another above-inflation increase will be welcome news and reflects the success of the triple lock in strengthening the value of the State Pension over time.

Gender pension gap leaves women with half the wealth of men

The gender pay gap creates a further 19% reduction, according to the research.

UK jobs market still stuck in a slump as payrolled employees drop by 101,000 in July

“While the labour market continues to soften, there are signs that it may be moving closer to its floor rather than entering a sharper downturn.

Deutsche Bank survey finds confidence returning to London’s capital markets

That reflects growing confidence in both the UK economy and London's capital markets.

Open Pension: Zürcher Kantonalbank is the first bank in Switzerland to enable the display of personal pension fund data in ZKB eBanking.

Open Pension addresses this issue by making pension data digitally accessible to insured individuals and, upon request and with their consent, compiling and displaying it in user-friendly applications.

European Households missed out on more than £1 trillion by keeping savings in cash, new Invesco research reveals

The research, which surveyed 6,000 investors and savers across the three markets, suggests that the industry's challenge is no longer access, it's activation.

Boscher's Big Picture - Staying positive in a changing and increasingly challenging world

Global sovereign bonds are normalising to the new world after the abnormal post-global financial crisis period.

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