Managers of Wealth Europe

FCA CP: Guidance on cryptoassets

The FCA has carried out work on cryptoassets, both as part of a broader UK Cryptoasset Taskforce and independently to achieve our objectives.

Goldman Sachs leads £45m funding round into Nutmeg

Nutmeg is the UK’s largest robo-advice company, with more than 64,000 customers, but is yet to return a profit, registering losses of £12.3m in 2017.

Goldman Sachs buys stake in Nutmeg

"We plan to launch with existing partners Convoy in Hong Kong this year."

BNP Paribas goes deeper into the cloud with IBM

IBM says that the new cloud approach will enable BNP Paribas to gain agility, ensure the performance of its IT systems and ensure security.

Openwork Launches Innovative Property Wealth and Retirement Proposition

Our proposition is a major new addition to the lifetime mortgage market which is already experiencing benefiting from rapid growth driven by product innovation.

Standard Life to launch robo-adviser

Robo-advice typically involves the use of algorithms to manage and allocate a client’s assets.

Appleby Launches Technology and Innovation Guide

To coincide with this launch, Appleby has also developed a dedicated microsite to showcase the latest legal updates, regulatory changes and other developments in the technology sector.

The Next Step In Bitcoin's Evolution: Big-Money Investors Move In

Big money managers could soon package crypto assets into mutual funds and ETFs, while paving the way for Bitcoin to enter 401(k)s and IRAs as regulated, mainstream investments.

Digitalisation in Asset Management: power for investors

Data lakes will usher in the same type of dramatic change that was witnessed as asset managers moved from handwritten ledgers to PCs.

Digital banking demands new skills from Relationship Managers

Today, the savvy RM can look at a client’s digital footprint to find out so much more than they are told directly.

HSBC Settled $250B On ‘Blockchain’, But How ‘Bout Ripple & XRP?

Following successful implementation inside the bank, we are now exploring how this technology could help multinational clients

How AI is transforming the fight against money laundering

Data scientists have made major leaps in the past decade to get us here.

Objectway acquires IT and administrative outsourcing services firm

The Group strengthens the leadership in the asset management segment

More FinTech M&A Ahead

Consolidation will increase as more buy-side firms remove overlapping technology platforms and simplify IT infrastructure for more efficient straight-through processing.

GDPR a significant driver in adviser tech adoption, says Intelliflo

The service has been available since 2015 but it was the introduction of the strict new GDPR rules which has had the biggest impact in terms of advisers engaging with customers to use the portal.

Avaloq doubles London office space

The firm’s new City of London office comes after the London team has already doubled in size over the past year and provides sufficient space for further growth.

New online portal for mutual societies

Societies can also retrieve certain documents from the portal for free, which there was previously a charge for.

ABN Amro introduces wearable payments

Customers can buy Garmin, Mondaine and Olympic watches, as well as keyrings and bracelets from Laks and rings from K-ring that have Mastercard-certified payment chips.

ESG and Impact Investing

ESG has become a permanent feature of global asset management.

AFTAs 2018: Best Risk Management Initiative—Barclays Investment Bank

The growth of Delphi within Barclays has been impressive, with a demand list of over 100 further types of exceptions for on boarding.