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Ortec Finance Continues Strong Client Satisfaction Scores in 2025 Survey

The survey outcomes underline the importance clients place on collaboration, reliability, and continuous innovation—areas in which Ortec Finance remains strongly committed.

Realpolitik, turbulence and opportunity

Geopolitical risks are high. US action in Venezuela and tensions over Greenland signal a return of sphere of influence.

Van Lanschot Kempen secures fiduciary management mandate for Holcim Group pension plans

The mandate underscores the firm’s reputation as a trusted partner, providing bespoke and innovative investment solutions to pension schemes in the UK.

Loan-originating funds drive private debt growth in Europe

Loan-originating funds remain concentrated in a few financial centres, with Luxembourg accounting for 57% of commitments in 2024, the report found

Gender pay gap narrows on UK financial services boards

The gender pay gap on UK financial services boards narrowed by 11 percentage points from 40% to 29% between 2020 and 2024 (the latest available five-year period).

The new investment paradigm: What a CIO really thinks now

As Deputy Global Chief Investment Officer, Ertz shapes the firm's macroeconomic analysis, strategic asset allocation, and global investment strategy.

Mills Review to consider how AI will reshape retail financial services

AI is already embedded across financial services.

LVMH investors demand clarity on Bernard Arnault succession plan

Arnault, who oversees the $350 billion group spanning over 70 brands including Dior and Tiffany, has five children involved in the running of his luxury empire but has shown no sign of wanting to retire.

IFAs prioritise attracting new clients in 2026

Research found a third (31%) of advisers will look to partner with other professional services firms to attract new clients

Do bull markets die of old age?

With economic growth expected to remain strong and global interest rates easing, we don’t expect the current bull market to end in the immediate future.

Why Spain is the ultimate destination for the ultra-wealthy

In Spain, access to outdoor spaces, proximity to nature, security, and a strong cultural and gastronomic offering are particularly influential.

"To invest in private markets, you need a tailored approach" – interview with Frédéric Rochat

Frédéric Rochat offers his perspective on illiquid assets and their presence (or absence) in private client portfolios, advocating a "tailored" approach.

Private markets AUM ‘could reach 30% of all global AUM by 2033’

The firm’s director of private markets, James Lowe, said if this turns out to be the case, it would have “significant implications” for how client portfolios are managed in the future.

UK labour market slows further in November, but unemployment rate holds steady

Estimates for payrolled employees in the UK fell by 155,000 between November 2024 and November 2025 and dropped by 33,000 on a monthly basis.

UK jobs market cools as wage growth eases

Private sector wage growth eased more sharply, falling to 3.6% from 3.9%, highlighting growing caution among employers.

2026: what's in store for EU financial regulation

The package, which will require extensive negotiation by each of the EU Parliament and EU Council in 2026, will complete the ambition of a Savings and Investments Union.

Record breaking auction for offshore wind secured to take back control of Britain's energy

A record 8.4GW of offshore wind secured in Europe’s biggest ever offshore wind auction.

“Ambition gap” widening as one in four UK adults have no financial aspirations for the next decade

The final chapter of SJP’s Real Life Advice Report reveals how sustained cost-of-living pressures and economic uncertainty are eroding people’s confidence in the future, creating apathy towards planning beyond the present.

UK economy shows glimmers of hope, but questions remain about long-term prospects

That monthly figure did beat expectations of 0.1% as the services sector continued to be the main engine of the UK economy.

Should private banks double down on asset servicing, or step back?

At the same time, banks faced rising costs from regulation, digitalisation, client demands, and the shift to alternatives.

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