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Santander announces the sale of 49% of Santander Polska to Erste Group Bank, and agrees strategic cooperation across CIB and payments

Santander Polska’s shares will trade ex-dividend on 12 May 2025.

Private markets and wealth management: a growing connection

This momentum reflects a broader shift in investor behaviour, where diversification, stability, and return potential are central to portfolio strategies.

Who owns the UK’s wealth managers?

Star manager Nick Train has bet big on the sector, while Norway’s sovereign wealth fund and Scottish group Baillie Gifford have stakes in wealth giant SJP

Rathbones’ Coombs: ‘We won’t be following the ‘hot’ investment flows into Europe’

Sceptical of shift some investors have made away from US assets

Heavy Loss For Swiss Private Bank Reyl in 2024

This positive development was driven mainly by market performance, as the bank recorded net outflows of 823 million francs.

Standard Chartered PLC –first quarter results

The subsequent imposition of trade tariffs has increased global economic and geopolitical complexity, and we remain watchful of the external environment.

NatWest private bank profit jumps 133% in Q1

The profit spike coincides with the launch of a new online investment advice service for the private bank's clients.

Banque Cramer & Cie : Sharp increase in results for 2023

This increase was due in particular to net new inflows from clients totalling CHF 398 million.

Fidelius takes stake in IFA Vobis

Vobis has over £140m in assets under management

Franklin Templeton and Lexington launch $875m PE secondaries fund

The Luxembourg-based fund is launching a strategic move to expand private equity secondaries for international wealth investors, leveraging global demand.

Basel boss signals 'Swiss finish' to capital rules is not unfair on UBS

UBS has estimated it could need $40 billion in additional capital compared to where it stood before the emergency takeover of its former rival.

BNP Paribas signs a new multi-year partnership agreement with IBM Cloud

This partnership has helped the bank to build a trusted and resilient technological infrastructure to support its digital transformation.

Santander increases profit by 19% to €3,402 million and earnings per share by 26% in Q1, reaffirms 2025 targets

In addition, the bank added nine million new customers with the total number of customers the group serves reaching 175 million customers.

Amundi clocks €31bn in Q1 inflows with UK expansion a key driver

French asset management giant now has assets under management of €2.2tn, a new record for the company.

UBS's first-quarter 2025 results

UBS reports 1Q25 net profit of USD 1.7bn with 6.2trn invested assets, demonstrating franchise strength and executing integration at pace

Ticino private bank records decline in profits

The bank's results were primarily impacted by the more expansionary monetary policy of major central banks, which led to a narrowing of interest margins

Alternatives group acquires stake in global wealth manager

Middle Eastern investment manager Lunate has acquired a stake in Azura Partners, which will redomicile to Abu Dhabi.

CaixaBank earns €1.47 billion in the first quarter, up 6.9% in comparable terms

The company has begun to roll out its new strategic plan, focused on ramping up growth and transforming and investing in the business.

FCA: ‘not the right time to extend SDR to wealth management’

It comes after the FCA announced in February it would further delay its decision on portfolio management.

Cracks emerge in wealth managers’ investment case

It remains to be seen whether trading fees and cash interest can overcome regulatory scrutiny and a price war

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