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M&G launches first LTAF to widen access to its private credit capability

The LTAF launches with £74 million, including capital from M&G's £138 billion With Profits Fund.

London Stock Exchange faces ‘material depopulation’

The figure is more than double the £35bn from the entirety of 2025 across 40 bids.

Could employers be the key to better pension engagement? L&G launches new workplace pilot to find out

The pilot forms part of Decades Ahead, L&G’s commitment to help people achieve greater financial security over the long term.

German ETF holdings reach €697bn, BVI finds

Passive strategies accounted for 97.6% of ETF assets, while actively managed ETFs hold a 2.4% market share.

M&G targets DC pensions with first private credit LTAF

The fund is designed to provide investors with diversified sources of income and returns through exposure to private credit markets.

Aberdeen Investments warns of UK “takeover fatigue” as £1bn Gamma bid goes to vote

Gamma Communications has recommended the offer from Epiris.

FCA launches consultation on illiquid assets

Responses due by 11 December 2026

Cyprus receives more than 24,000 suspicious financial activity reports in one year

Crypto firms drive surge in suspicious activity reports in Cyprus

Proskauer Advises Cairn Partners’ Shareholders on Sale to Largillière Finance

The Cairn Partners brand will represent the combined firm’s stressed and distressed advisory offering, under the leadership of Julien Sanier, founding partner, and Maxence Bousquet, partner.

II Awards 2026 winners and highly commended revealed

The 27th Annual II Awards 2026 were announced on Wednesday 7th October

Luxembourg plans €1 billion + digital bond issuance

They will also be able to use it for ECB collateral purposes given the central bank has supported DLT issuances of certain securities since March, provided they are issued via a CSD.

Stronger collaboration between government and business vital to unlock Scottish mid-market growth new report finds

New report finds Scotland's mid-market businesses face a 'conversion gap' that is holding back growth.

Investors ditch equities for bonds as yields climb

UK-focused equity funds remained the biggest casualty, with investors pulling £708m during the month.

UK institutional assets near all-time high at £4.4tn in 2025 amid pension market changes

Growing focus on retirement income

How evergreen funds are reshaping private markets servicing

Evergreen funds are bringing together two operating models that have traditionally sat apart.

L&G expands Adviser Academy webinar series to support more connected client conversations

The academy equips advisers to navigate changing customer needs, strengthen client conversations, deliver better outcomes at every stage of the client journey and uncover new opportunities for growth.

T.Rowe Price leans into active Ucits ETFs

First products announced for European investors

National Friendly launches new short-term IP for mortgage payments

Its Mortgage Protect proposition addresses what the mutual believes are the biggest barriers to protection conversations: complexity, time, confidence and affordability.

House prices flatline in September as dark clouds gather on multiple fronts

When purchasing a home is one of the biggest financial decisions a person will ever make, uncertainty alone can be enough to delay a move by weeks or even months."

Scottish Friendly buys in-payment books of business from Fidelity

Scottish Friendly has confirmed that customers’ existing benefits and retirement options will be retained, helping to provide continuity and “support good customer outcomes”.

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