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Standard Life completes ‘sustainability improvers’ label for fund range

Standard Life is also investing in these labels across its pension defaults offered to workplace, and retirement income customers using investment pathways.

How Apollo escaped Germany’s private equity trap

Buyout firms snapped up German banks after the financial crisis. With OLB sale, Apollo has finally managed to exit one

Asset managers and evolving prudential capital regimes

Challenges and opportunities of CRR III and Solvency II review

Nuveen invests in tech solutions for EV growth

The deal marked the fifth investment from its second climate inclusion strategy and highlights growing institutional interest in enabling technologies for clean mobility.

Major survey into digital assets gets underway

Digital assets have in recent years advanced beyond the proof of concept stage and are increasingly being taken seriously by mainstream asset managers in the public-markets arena.

BP share price down more than 4% as market reacts to rocky results

BP’s net debt increased significantly by $4bn on the quarter, rising from $23bn to $27bn (17%).

The evolving role of SPVs: From risk management to strategic investment vehicles

As legal entities designed to ring-fence specific assets or activities and protect their parent companies from financial and legal liabilities, SPVs were once viewed primarily as a risk mitigation strategy.

Advisers fully leveraging technology outperform peers in record numbers

This ranks advice firms who have embraced technology the most to the least.

Advisers fully adopting technology outperform peers

The index is based on analysis of nearly four billion interactions by users of Intelliflo office.

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund lost $40B in Q1— Will it hedge risk by increasing Bitcoin exposure?

Norway’s $1.7 trillion sovereign fund saw heavy losses in the first quarter of this year.

Housing wealth held by over 60s hits record-high £2.9 trillion, says Savills

Head of residential research says there is ’little incentive’ for boomers to downsize

Goldman Sachs AM launches active equity ETF range in Europe

They will be available on Xetra, SIX, LSE, and Borsa Italiana.

First stone laid for future PwC building in Luxembourg

The building has been designed not just as a place of work, but as a responsible and inclusive space

LGT Private Debt arranges top-up unitranche facility to support Résilians’ add-on acquisition of Talensis

Operating on behalf of insurance companies, experts and property managers, Résilians serves both private individuals and professionals.

J.P. Morgan wins Iceland pension fund mandate

The scope of the mandate spans the fund’s entire securities portfolio.

Key figures 1Q 2025

At the end of the first quarter of 2025, the fund's value was 18,526 billion kroner.

Fresh ONS data offers vital insight into Britain's trading relationship with the United States

This data highlights the industries most vulnerable to potential disruptions from tariffs, particularly under the policies of the previous administration.

Advisers warned of critical need for wills and LPAs

Key added this issue is heightened if that product is a lifetime mortgage and if there is a drawdown facility in place.

Scottish Mortgage leads charge in ‘record-breaking’ quarter for trust buybacks

Investment trusts bought back shares at unprecedented levels last quarter, with a 'record-breaking' number of funds doing so in February, according to Winterflood.

IQ-EQ Crossroads 2025 to explore impact of geopolitical changes on private markets

Each year, the event focuses on a theme that reflects the current realities and challenges of the time, fostering insightful discussions and innovative solutions.

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