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2025 was bad year for active equity managers in the UK market, report finds

The report found that U.K. market returns in 2025 were highly skewed in both the Large-/Mid-Cap Equity and Small-Cap Equity categories.

Plannr launches new mobile app for advisers and clients

The launch of the app is a direct extension of the current Plannr platform.

Hundreds of high-end properties to flood London market after collapse of shadow bank

Properties in Mayfair, Belgravia, Kensington, Knightsbridge, Fitzrovia, Marylebone and Nine Elms are to be sold by administrators.

Hundreds of high-end properties to flood London market after collapse of shadow bank

Properties in Mayfair, Belgravia, Kensington, Knightsbridge, Fitzrovia, Marylebone and Nine Elms are to be sold by administrators.

IT failure leaves Hargreaves Lansdown clients unable to make transactions

The Bristol-based company, which manages private investments for two million people, has confirmed there are "technical issues" affecting their website and mobile app.

Newly-established financial advice business acquires Edinburgh firm

As part of the deal, B.P. Marsh is acquiring a 30 per cent equity stake in Nine Edge for a nominal consideration.

Europe’s ETF playbook: Distribution strategies for growth

Funds Europe’s special report, ETFs at 25, highlights how issuers are refining their playbooks to reach investors more effectively.

Pension app Mylo gathers pace with £135m consolidated

Mylo combines pension tracing and consolidation functionality, supported in part by Raindrop’s technology, alongside a separate route allowing users to input pension details directly.

Skybound launches expat resilience initiative to help families prepare for uncertainty

The initiative includes a self-assessment checklist and access to complimentary resilience reviews with Skybound’s team

Netherlands, UK, Finland plan multilateral defense fund to boost European rearmament

The EU has already started efforts to coordinate procurement and financing for defense projects.

The Savings and Investments Union as the catalyst for Europe’s capital markets revolution

A strategic response to fragmentation, global competition, and industry consolidation for asset managers

Fund managers turn bearish amid geopolitical unrest

The survey also showed a clear change in investor sentiment.

Pension Shock: Millions in Gen X are projected to have inadequate pensions – and they don’t know it yet

Insecurity is not evenly distributed within Gen X, with employment history, health, and region determining better and worse retirements.

UK faces retirement crisis as Royal London calls for pension reform

The results showed that while all scenarios increased GDP and investment in UK productive finance over the longer term, they had an initial negative impact.

Sage Capital Management Opens Swiss Entity And Receives Swiss Regulatory Approval

Having a presence in Switzerland builds on Sage Capital Management’s recently expanded offering which now includes a private banking service for institutional clients.

Dutch pension funds award Robeco €1.15bn debt fund mandate

Robeco is the second manager to be appointed by the pension funds for the PCD mandate.

Euroclear and Clearstream launch digital bond issuance services

By abolishing physical global certificates, the two ICSDs contend that it will modernise the issuance and post-trade process in a market estimated to be worth more than €15 trillion.

Fidelity Emerging Markets outperforms benchmark as active strategy pays off

This came despite the continued dominance of artificial intelligence themes in developed markets.

Aviva launches financial wellbeing tool for pension savers

Alongside supporting individual members, it also gives employers and trustees visibility into workforce engagement with the tool, allowing them to tailor financial support accordingly.

Certua Life Becomes First New UK Life Insurer in Nearly Two Decades

More than half of UK adults have no financial safety net if they die or fall seriously ill.

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