11/01/2023
Arab Bank appoints European Depositary Bank for depositary services
This latest news follows the appointment earlier this year of Executive Management Board Member, Holger Barth as Global Head of Banking Depositary.
Alternative Investments
10/31/2023
WFW advises Natixis CIB on €700m 1,231MW Spanish pv portfolio Greenfield Project Financing
Natixis CIB is a French multinational financial services firm specialising in asset & wealth management and corporate & investment banking.
10/31/2023
VT5 enters into Business Combination Agreement with R&S Group
R&S Group is a high-growth, profitable company with a net cash position.
10/31/2023
MT Finance group secures additional £500m funding deal from J.P. Morgan
This additional facility further diversifies the funding structure of the business and will allow MT Finance Group to continue to expand its existing lending within the UK short-term finance market.
10/31/2023
BAE Systems acquires Eurostep to deliver advanced digital asset management
The agreement brings together complementary capabilities in digital asset management, enabling defence and heavily regulated customers to optimise the operation, costs and through-life support of complex assets.
10/31/2023
Woodford investors urged to lobby MPs over compensation
The group has set up the Woodford Campaign Group, which is made up of around 700 Woodford investors.
10/31/2023
Marsh McLennan plans to delist shares from London Stock Exchange
Effective 27 November
10/30/2023
Hargreaves Lansdown cautions co-founder against attacking firm
Peter Hargreaves
10/30/2023
Report details TPR's action against former owner of Norton Motorcycles
The report explains how in March 2022 Garner, of Park Lane, Castle Donington, Derby was sentenced to eight months in prison, to run concurrently and suspended for two years, for each of three counts of breaching employer-related investment rules.
10/30/2023
Abrdn platform CEO: ‘Judge us from now’
“Judge me from this point going forwards in terms of what I will deliver and work with you on to help you grow your business.”
10/30/2023
abrdn completes acquisition of US specialist healthcare closed-end funds
Telka Capital Management
10/27/2023
Sesame Bankhall partners with HSBC to bolster protection offering
HSBC Life (UK) aims to use digital automation to deliver instant underwriting and a more straightforward experience for advisers and their customers.
10/27/2023
Lending a hand toward a more sustainable built environment
'Moving away from equities'
10/27/2023
Pension emergency tax payments almost double driven by cost-of-living crisis
Staggeringly this is almost double Q3 2022 which came in at £33.1m.
10/27/2023
Adviser reignites campaign to ‘save the PFS’
Walker launched the ‘Our PFS’ campaign during the so-called “Christmas coup” at the end of last year.
10/25/2023
Aon joins UK pensions 'compact' for unlisted company investments
Only 1% of Britain's 4.6 trillion pounds of pensions and insurance assets is invested in unlisted companies, compared with upwards of 6% in Australia.
10/25/2023
What is the cap on bankers' bonuses and why is it being scrapped?
Current rules limit bonuses to 100% of the salary for employees of banks or building societies, or double with shareholder approval
10/25/2023
Coop launches pension solutions with Vanguard and IAM
Coop Finance+ was launched in partnership with Vanguard, Additiv, Olz, Glarner Kantonalbank and Hypothekarbank Lenzburg.
10/25/2023
PriceHubble expands European leadership and acquires WhenFresh in the UK
Following the acquisition of Dataloft in March 2023, the acquisition of WhenFresh is PriceHubble's second acquisition in the UK in less than a year.
10/25/2023
BNY Mellon IM launches portfolio analysis service for advisers
Who will be able to compare one fund with another or see the impact from combining funds