02/08/2023
New home for Grant Thornton’s Leicester team
The economy of the East Midlands is home to a growing community of entrepreneurial firms, something which is driving growth in the consulting sector there too.
Alternative Investments
02/07/2023
SG Kleinwort Hambros brand evolves
The next phase of SG Kleinwort Hambros’ strategy involves investing in its operating model, platform and services to enhance the client experience, including data science and client facing capabilities.
02/07/2023
GIB AM launches Article 8 European focus fund
Managed by Matthew Kates
02/07/2023
BNP Paribas revamps quant fund to protect against risk
Europe Target Premium fund
02/07/2023
Baillie Gifford suffers record £113bn assets plunge as investors flee growth
Assets at Baillie Gifford plunged by more than a third last year as growth stocks went out of favour in the wake of rising interest rates.
02/06/2023
FTSE 100 hits record high, but can't mask recession risk
This sheltered the index far more than some of its technology biased peers, such as the S&P 500 in the US, and saw it hold up in the face of tough economic conditions.
02/06/2023
UK asset managers suffer record outflows in 2022
“The scale of the outflows is eye-watering,” said Emma Wall, head of investment analysis and research at the fund supermarket Hargreaves Lansdown.
02/06/2023
Seccl quadruples active clients as losses double
The startup, which provides customised platform solutions to advice firms, also grew user firms from nine to 15 during the same period.
02/06/2023
Meet the top 30 dealmakers in European M&A
Boutique investment banks have typically featured strongly on the list of the 30 most active dealmakers in the region in previous years.
02/06/2023
EPIM launches bespoke DFM with Charles Stanley and SS&C Hubwise
The underlying holdings on the EPIM platform is powered by SS&C’s B2B investment platform Hubwise.
02/06/2023
UniCredit hikes payout goal by 40pc after record profit
UniCredit said it expected to post a net profit in 2023 broadly in line with 2022 including its Russian business, after it had excluded this from its profit goal last year following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
02/06/2023
Eden Park IM launches DFM with Charles Stanley
The DFM comes after Clifton acquired three financial management firms as a result of funding from Boost & Co, an independent asset management firm.
02/06/2023
Is it time to raise risk in portfolios?
Some managers advocate caution, while others suggest raising risk right now is itself too risky.
02/03/2023
Schroder REIT issues 6.9% dividend despite 17% drop in NAV
£470.3m portfolio
02/02/2023
Brokers team up on new platform to boost retail interest in UK capital markets
Britain is reforming its financial rules post-Brexit and is looking to copy the much deeper, broader culture of retail investment evident in the United States.
02/02/2023
Virgin Money has customer boom as higher interest rates benefit Branson’s bank
Virgin Money continued to benefit from higher interest rates with its net interest margin increasing three basis points in the first quarter to 189 basis points.
02/02/2023
Charles Schwab opens US investing platform to UK
Managed Account Select service
02/01/2023
Blackrock creates ETF savings plan with investment firm
It will be available to investors across Europe
02/01/2023
Aviva platform boss on filling 'gaps' and becoming advisers' first choice
All these features are being built in conjunction with FNZ, Aviva’s core technology provider.
02/01/2023
Aegon’s McNeil on the Dishy Rishi sterling corporate bond windfall
Fixed income portfolio manager Euan McNeil explains how the prime minister’s time in charge has brought a significant rebound in the sterling investment grade credit market.