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Swiss Life Group Annual Report

Swiss Life increased its fee income by 5% in local currency to CHF 2.6 billion.

Cold store specialist Iceline Yorkshire Ltd joins Nordic Climate Group’s growing UK organisation

The business serves customers across the food retail, logistics and food production sectors and has built a reputation for practical solutions and dependable delivery in demanding refrigeration environments.

MSCI acquires PM Insights to expand private markets data

PM Insights’ dataset supports portfolio management, performance measurement and index creation, and is expected to improve pricing transparency in private equity.

Franklin Templeton launches index fund range for UK investors

Designed as cost-efficient core portfolio building blocks, the strategies aim to remain close to their benchmark indices while delivering incremental outperformance.

NLB sets out higher bid for Addiko after Raiffeisen offer

NLB plans to combine Addiko’s banking subsidiaries with its own businesses in the five markets where both groups operate.

UK’s Largest Pension Fund Acquires Majority Stake in Private Credit Firm Venn Partners

The Universities Superannuation Scheme aims to help ease the domestic housing crisis by supporting the development of affordable housing.

Zurich Insurance offers ‘best of both worlds’ with human-led digital loss support service

Following the UK launch, Zurich Insurance intends to expand this service to other markets as part of a global roll out strategy.

One Four Nine Group buys financial planning firm

One Four Nine said the values of the York-based independent financial planning business align with its founding principles of delivering personalised, high-quality lifetime financial planning.

Why CCI will push more funds into higher risk categories

The risk score will be familiar to asset managers and investors as the key summary risk measure for financial products, such as the SRRI for UCITS KIIDs and the SRI for PRIIPs KIDs.

How Asset Managers Benefit From Fund Servicing Becoming a Connected Ecosystem

These managers also expect their service providers to match that level of focus on both innovation and simplification.

Royal London broadens income protection reach

Following a review of its proposition, Royal London has improved terms for more than 700 occupations.

Ninety One wins £1.1 billion Countrywide Assured mandate

The mandate puts Ninety One's multi-asset team in the spotlight as Chesnara absorbs new deals

UK state-backed fund Nest invests £450mn in US private credit

Workplace pension scheme targets 30% allocation to private markets by 2030 despite growing strains on asset class

Wellington Management expands liquid alternatives range with new Absolute Return Global Equity UCITS fund

Daily dealing UCITS fund aims to deliver cash plus returns with low sensitivity to equity and bond markets while mitigating factor and market exposures.

What to expect from the European Central Bank amid oil crisis?

The primary driver behind the shift is the persistence of high energy prices resulting from the regional war, which is beginning to seep into broader consumer costs.

T+1 is coming: why the funds industry must confront its biggest settlement challenge yet

Preparation must come with a refreshed mindset when approaching the full settlement cycle

Spring fever in the real estate market: Prices are rising again, especially for single-family homes.

This is shown by the latest figures from the ImmoScout24 Purchase Index.

Equity funds see £1.44b outflows

UK-focused equity funds registered the largest outflows in cash terms at £592m, up from £555m in February.

Updated Alternative Investment Funds Code of Practice, guidance and FAQs

These changes follow on from our 2025 consultation on aligning our EU-focussed AIF Code with AIFMD II, as well as the feedback paper published in February 2026.

Equity hedge funds post largest decline in six years

Oil price surge amid Iran conflict is main factor

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