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Schroder REIT and LondonMetric reach £404m deal for Picton

Picton shareholders will receive and 0.894 Schroder REIT Shares and 0.190 LondonMetric shares

European ETF assets top €3tn after record first half

Assets under management rose from €2.58tn at the end of 2025 to €3.10tn by the end of June, with market performance contributing €299.5bn and net inflows adding a further €221.7bn.

Cover Genius to accelerate embedded protection across European banking with Friendsurance acquisition

“Friendsurance has spent over a decade building the technology, the deep bank networks, and the institutional compliance required to make that possible.

Aviva secures £300m buy-in with Elementis Group Pension Scheme

The structure of the transaction included a price lock, allowing the Trustee to reduce its credit fund holdings before moving assets into the premium payment portfolio.

PensionBee campaign urges savers to picture a brighter retirement

It asks consumers to imagine the lives they could lead in retirement, including travelling by campervan, pursuing hobbies, gardening and spending more time with family and friends.

Business confidence reached four-month high during July as external environment calmed

The overall business confidence figure is an average of economic optimism and trading outlook.

Sonata One announces Luxembourg office

Next step in growth of private funds clearinghouse

Artillium Real Estate Finance funds Churchill mansion purchase

The purchase was financed at 85% loan-to-value (LTV), with released equity from the refinance covering the deposit and costs.

Pimco launches StocksPlus strategy as Ucits ETF

This seeks to outperform the S&P 500 Index (net of dividend withholding tax) by pairing equity market exposure with actively managed fixed income allocations.

€48m in EU bank funding aims to support 2,900 EVs in Italy, Finland

The project is expected to cut greenhouse gas emissions by about 3,000 tonnes of CO₂ a year compared with a similar fleet of petrol or diesel vehicles, based on EIB estimates.

EQT Real Estate to acquire 14-asset pan-European logistics portfolio for EUR 532 million

The portfolio comprises approximately 457,000 square meters of logistics space across eight assets in the UK, four in Germany and two in France.

2026 Half-Year Results CVC Capital Partners

Strong delivery in H1 2026, well positioned for future growth

Scottish Widows reports ‘strong growth’ as protection market share hits 10.4%

Workplace pensions have grown significantly with its app helping to scale engagement at pace, serving more than one million users after 79% year-on-year growth.

NatWest partners with Uinsure to make home insurance simpler, faster and easier to manage

The new service enables customers to receive a home insurance quote in under 60 seconds.

The case for private credit in emerging markets

The fundamental issue is that investors tend to use sovereign credit ratings as ceilings on emerging market private-sector credit.

Consolidator Absolute completes 14th acquisition in eight months

Under its partnership program, Absolute makes an initial investment and agrees a buyout plan for the remaining share capital in the future providing a long-term exit for owners.

Aberdeen ‘impatient’ for growth as Adviser outflows rise to £1.3bn

The outflows came despite higher gross inflows and improvements to Aberdeen’s Wrap platform.

Aviva completes £180m full buy-in with Aston Martin Lagonda Pension Scheme

The Scheme is sponsored by Aston Martin, the luxury high-performance car manufacturer.

From regulatory pressure to strategic advantage: reassessing the management company operating model

The strategic question is where the firm should continue to own capability, where it should build or share capability, and where specialist partnerships may provide greater scale, resilience and focus.

UBS plans equal weight SMI ETF

UBS Asset Management already offers an equal weight ETF tracking the S&P 500.

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