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Grant Thornton’s UK boss defends private equity ownership

Malcolm Gomersall says new structure will improve audit quality due to increased scrutiny

NatWest makes first limited partner investment in venture capital fund

NatWest said this showed its support for the UK’s innovation economy following the launch of NatWest Venture Banking in April.

Financial advice linked to stronger retirement confidence

The findings come as personal savings and investments become an increasingly important source of retirement income.

Aviva Investors launches short duration global credit fund

The new strategy is designed to provide investors with exposure to global bond markets through a shorter-duration, actively managed approach.

Fund managers restructure portfolios in response to market volatility

Fund managers are moving away from monolithic, benchmark-tracking frameworks and are broadly embracing a core-satellite asset allocation strategy.

EY and Databricks formalise and expand partnership in the Netherlands

The alliance between Databricks and EY is active in over 35 countries worldwide, including the US, the UK, Germany, India and Australia.

DWS plans tokenised products across Xtrackers range

The firm is moving beyond pilots as demand emerges, while warning that scale will continue to favour Europe’s largest ETF issuers.

Baillie Gifford in AI partnership with Essentia Analytics

Baillie Gifford headquarterd in Edinburgh has 1,600 staff and around £200bn of assets under management.

LAIQON: New Luxembourg SICAV launches and new equity fund established

The SICAV structure provides LAIQON AG with an additional foundation for further growth while also advancing the Group’s international expansion.

One in five advisers exclude beneficiaries from annual reviews

The research also found advice relationships often remain concentrated around one member of a couple.

Allianz invests in European growth fund

The fund targets a volume of 5 billion euros.

Europe has built the bond: now it must build the benchmark

Amir Naser Hojati, CEO of Dubai based trading company Maxi Investment, and trader at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, asks if EU-Bonds are becoming a true safe haven asset

Portfolio Thinking launches investment platform for advice firms

Edge provides 10-year expected returns across global equity and bond markets, alongside risk-graded model portfolios, factsheets and allocation rationales.

Evenlode Income opens to new investors

The fund has been soft closed since 2018

Asset managers lead boardroom pay rises

The study found that he wealth and asset management sector recorded the strongest increase in average non-exec board remuneration, compared to insurance and banking.

Over half a trillion pounds of investment required by 2040 to achieve UK’s clean energy transition ambitions

There is a mismatch between the characteristics of many clean energy infrastructure projects and those sought by institutional investors, and this is just one of a number of barriers to investment.

Scotland's scaling opportunity revealed in new research

Only London had a higher number of university spinouts than Scotland of the UK’s regions and nations.

Jim McColl’s Caledonian Holdings to issue new shares to repay Yorkville loan

It confirmed that the first block of shares have now been allotted with the current block admission set to be cancelled on September 18.

Jefferies Credit Partners launches European credit fund

The fund is designed to accelerate the growth of JCP’s European direct lending platform which launched in 2024.

Female fund manager numbers fall as assets under their control climb to £5trn

Female representation in fund management has declined globally for the first time, even as the money entrusted to women in the sector climbed to £5trillion, according to a new report.

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