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Four in five UK adults say they don’t have a ‘pension will’

New insight reveals lack of ‘pension wills’ at the start of Pensions Awareness Week

Guernsey-based support and advisory services provider Aspida extends invitation to Impact Investing webinar this Thursday 17 September

Impact Investing is experiencing phenomenal growth, doubling in size in the last two years

ECB explores digital euro: state backing essential for trust in payments, money

Lagarde acknowledged that digital wholesale money is not new, but the technology to be used to make financial transactions more efficient will be.

Lloyd's of London expects £5bn in Covid-19 insurance payouts

Insurance market says claims totalled £2.4bn in first half of 2020, leading to £400m loss

BlackRock launches ESG multi-asset ETFs

Joe Parkin, head of banks and digital channels in the UK at BlackRock, said: “There has never been a more important time for people to take control of their financial well-being.

Luxembourg becomes first European country to launch a sustainability bond framework

This framework is compliant with the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) Green, Social and Sustainability Bonds 2018 principles.

Guernsey funds attracting increasing PE investment from US

Guernsey has proved to be a simple route for US investors to access European and UK markets, attracted by our time zone, range of structures and ease of accessing European markets through the national private placement regime.

Fundsquare and Kurtosys partner to facilitate asset management data disclosure

Kurtosys and Fundsquare have formed a new partnership aimed at enabling asset managers to comply with data disclosure requirements, from dissemination to publication.

Columbia Threadneedle Reopens Dealing In Retail Property Fund

This meant the valuer was unable to provide an appropriate level of certainty regarding the valuation of the Fund’s assets in the market environment at the time.

Hedge funds on a roll with strongest five-month showing since early 2000

Year-to-date, the index is now up more than 2 per cent since the start of 2020.

Montanaro launches global ‘best ideas’ fund

The Montanaro Global Select fund is managed by Citywire AA-rated Charles Montanaro and Andrea Shen, with the former saying it is likely to be the last new mandate he takes on.

Property funds won't rush to reopen despite removal of valuation uncertainty

The Clause being removed gives the funds the ability to reopen, but not the obligation.

Majedie and UK trusts under pressure as investors pull £1.2bn from funds

Calastone highlighted the three-month period to the end of August coincided with the UK government’s formal rejection of an extension to the Brexit transition period in early June.

Nuveen Real Estate expands its European Logistics platform

The first European Logistics mandate launched in 2016 and invested over €620 million across 21 assets in key European locations

Hargreaves backs Blue Whale Dublin launch with another £25m

Stephen Yiu is rolling out an Ireland-domiciled fund to mirror his top performing strategy.

Nordic banks invest and innovate to keep digital rivals at bay

Large traditional banks are accelerating their digital transformations as the regional fintech sector makes its presence felt

Openwork swaps Jupiter for Fidelity on £227m European fund

The European fund, which launched last year, is currently run by Jupiter’s European Equity Team.

Standard Life Elevate offers DFM partners for first time

There are plans to add more DFM partners by the end of the year.

FinecoBank Adds Fidelity International Funds to UK Offering

The agreement means Fineco can offer its UK clients additional access to a wide variety of investment strategies.

Direct Line the only UK insurer in JPMorgan's European top picks

UK life insurers have capital return attractions but are seen as too risky

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