Wealth and Asset Management

FNZ Group losses rise to $688m as new PE management changes tack

Swiss equities in focus

Quilter reports adjusted profit of £100 million and H1 2025 core net inflows of £4.5 billion representing 8% of opening AuMA (annualised)

Bellevue strengthens sales team in Germany

Commerzbank with record figures in the first half of the year

Global equity markets may face challenges over the summer months

Executive Moves

Barnett Waddingham eyes growth with CEO appointment

EFG Geneva private bank chief exits for new opportunity

Wellington Expands Zurich Team for Institutional Clients

Seccl appoints Jonathan Dees as its new UK CEO, as David Ferguson transitions to executive chair

Fabienne Hockenjos completes the executive board of Rahn+Bodmer Co.

DECALIA Appoints Manuel Pedretti as Region Head for German-speaking Switzerland

Legal, Regulation & Compliance

FCA confiscates over £300,000 from convicted fraudsters

Pensions dashboards could hold key to simplifying IHT and probate, says RSM UK

FCA issues fines of nearly £46m for failures managing the Woodford Equity Income Fund

The EBA publishes key regulatory products on operational risk losses under the EU Banking Package implementation

EIOPA publishes monthly technical information for Solvency II Relevant Risk-Free Interest Rate Term Structures – end-July 2025

CIFA hails steady growth in investment fund sector

FinTech

Banco Sabadell picks DXC Technology for financial inclusion

Euronet acquires CoreCard

HALO Invest targets advice gap with new platform

NatWest and Google to boost UK startups with AI tools and training

NatWest and Google to boost UK startups with AI tools and training

The growing demand for the AI-empowered enterprise

Alternative Investments

Artemis shuts Positive Future fund that failed to take off

Monument tops rivals in UK affluent market

Octopus Money acquires Virgin Money’s investment business

Menzies and Beever and Struthers merge to form £110m national firm

National Friendly posts record income protection sales

AMD beats on revenue as data centre momentum builds

Investment Banking

Mediobanca Financial statements as at 30.06.2025 approved

Awards for Excellence country/territory winners 2025: Czech Republic’s best bank for large corporates – Raiffeisenbank

Nordic Bank Leads Europe IPO Arrangers as Local Listings Boom

61 companies launch “Made for Germany” initiative to boost Germany’s future as a global economic powerhouse

UniCredit Named "Europe's Best Bank" and Honored with Multiple Achievements across Europe at the Euromoney Awards 2025

Awards for Excellence national winners 2025: Germany’s best bank for large corporates – HSBC

Comment, Analysis & Research

Banking in 2025: Risk, regulation, and strategic readiness

UK Banking Sector Faces Medium-Term Profitability Squeeze

Montepaschi Weighs Countermeasures to Mediobanca's Accelerated Bid for Banca Generali

Statement on the Net Zero Banking Alliance

UK should be wooing the wealthy, warns deVere CEO

One-year state pension delay could cost early 50s workers almost £18k

Tax

Number of savers paying tax on interest quadruples as frozen allowances bite

HMRC error leaves thousands blocked from getting mortgages

Nearly 3m savers to be hit by tax bill this year as more fall into the net than previously forecast

Pension tax overpayments continue to be a scourge despite HMRC efforts

Wealth tax should be considered by Treasury, former Labour minister suggests

Luxembourg Government proposes reform of carried interest tax regime

Retail Banking

Erste Group's half-year results: good operating performance, strong capital ratio

RBS play makes a drama out of the banking crisis

UAE's Largest Bank FAB Relocates to New London Address Cementing 48-Year Legacy in the UK

NatWest to deliver buy-to-let mortgages on Landbay

9 in 10 high-performing businesses rely on data to drive decisions, NatWest report finds

NatWest teams up with AWS and Accenture to modernise banking services

Pensions

ESG considerations driving food and drink industry acquisitions

Schroders Greencoat eyes deal for scandal-hit solar operator – reports

Pensions allowance tax charges hit record high

Pensions industry fires back at Opperman criticism

XPS partners with Abrdn to launch DB pensions master trust

Pension providers call for personalised advice rules

Planet SOS

The rise of ESG-linked incentives in European banking

Stronger growth and new product developments at radicant

Mirova and Natixis Investment Managers commit to funding the Paris Climate School at Sciences Po with €500,000 over four years

Quilter Cheviot renames Climate Assets Funds as it secures SDR label

Sustainability adapts to policy pressures and opportunity

Banks’ role in the sustainability transition