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Citi Investor Services Wins US$380 Billion Middle Office Mandate from Aegon Asset Management

As Citi realizes opportunities with asset managers globally, the mandate underscores Citi’s ambitions to scale growth on Aladdin

CEO banned for false and misleading statements made in attempt to buy bank and football club

During his time at BHAM, Mr Taylor made misleading statements and falsified information during 2 separate attempted acquisitions.

Quilter red flags Cirilium active funds for more poor returns

The failings of the £2.8bn active multi-asset range stand in contrast to its passive counterpart and the firm’s wildly successful WealthSelect MPS.

FINMA welcomes the Federal Council’s consultation drafts on the legislative package to strengthen the “too big to fail” framework

In particular, it advocates for the strengthening of instruments with a preventive effect.

LegadoSign Selected by Aberdeen Adviser to Power Secure Digital Onboarding at Scale

Delivered through FNZ, LegadoSign will support thousands of customer signatures each month across Aberdeen Adviser’s individual customer onboarding journeys

Brooks Macdonald and Woven Advice partner to help advice firms put their investment propositions into practice

IFAs have long had access to tools to research and construct a central investment proposition.

Half-year results 2026 Aargau Cantonal Bank

Continued strong growth in customer business and commission success.

Glarner Kantonalbank reports a successful first half of 2026

The half-year results for 2026 surpassed the already strong second half of 2025.

TISE Reports H1 2026 Listing Results; Sets Records for Total Number and Value of Listings

The total market value of listed securities reached a record £813 billion at 30 June 2026, an increase of 4.7% YoY.

IA Global Financial Services Awards 2026 Winners and Highly Commended revealed

These awards are unique as there is no application process - each company has to be nominated by IA's advisors, brokerage or wealth management readers.

Eight in 10 fear life chances depend on family wealth as grandparents fund university

Rising university costs are driving greater reliance on the Bank of Grandma and Grandad, with education funding increasingly linked to estate planning.

Berner Kantonalbank significantly increases profit

Operating profit improved even more significantly, increasing by 12.3 percent to CHF 127.8 million.

Utmost Group plc: HY 2026 Trading Update

Strong growth momentum continues with £4.4bn of inflows (up 16% on a normalised basis) and a 6% increase in AUA to £123.4bn

BLKB achieves a solid half-year result for 2026

The result was driven, among other things, by the dynamic development in the securities and investment business as well as in the interest income business.

Pictet’s $13bn robo fund ‘clearly exposed’ to AI capex freeze - but PMs aren’t panicked

Portfolio manager Daegal Tsang says 'totally unloved' software names help to hedge his team's Robotics strategy against a halt in AI spend.

ABN AMRO cancels shares repurchased under €250 million buyback programme

The decision by the Executive Board to cancel these ordinary shares is in line with the intention to reduce capital as stated in the announcement of the share buyback programme on 27 March 2026.

Why big wealth-management tech rollouts go wrong

The money is not the problem. What keeps going wrong is who the rollout actually gets built for.

Deutsche Bank appointed as RMB Clearing Bank for Europe

First European bank to receive the designation, strengthening China-Europe financial connectivity

WH Ireland adopts MorganAsh platform for vulnerability support

The wealth management and financial planning firm will use MARS across its retail client base, providing relationship managers with additional tools to identify vulnerable clients.

Swiss parliament committee still without deal on UBS capital rules

But UBS, which acquired its old rival Credit Suisse after its 2023 collapse, argues the burden is excessive, would weaken its competitive position and hurt Swiss banking.

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