Wealth and Asset Management

CII ditches SJP exclusivity after adviser backlash

Tilney and Smith & Williamson Announce Transformational Merger

Sarasin profits fall 15% on outflows and ‘difficult’ investment performance

Lloyds-Schroders wealth management venture to launch price war

Heartwood launches four sustainable multi asset funds

"The UK economy remains poised to accelerate when political certainty is delivered", Sanlam

Executive Moves

Schroders appoints Head of Sustainable Credit

Anderson Strathern makes raft of promotions, including at partner level

GAM expands global credit team with new hire

Schroders poaches from SJP to launch academy

Mercer appoints Wealth Management Proposition Leader

KPMG partner joins PA Consulting

Legal, Regulation & Compliance

Solvency II: Prudent Person Principle

Latvia’s financial watchdog fines PrivatBank for lax money-laundering controls

Baker McKenzie bumps trainee pay by 7% as its confirms autumn retention score

Contractual Interpretation: Establishing the relevant ‘factual matrix’

The limits of audit: public perceptions and legal realities

Don’t play Midnight Cowboy with a midnight limitation deadline

FinTech

Paris-based asset manager Adopts Broadridge’s Investment Operations Platform

SS&C Reports Record AUM for Asset Managers in Q2 2019 Drive Higher Operating Margins

Profile Software to showcase new platforms at Sibos

Nets and KPMG Partner to Launch AI-Powered Payment Fraud Prevention Solution

Carey Olsen supports Zedra on cryptoassets offering

IHS Markit Named Best Alternative Data Provider for Hedge Funds

Alternative Investments

UK’s largest venture capital trust launches new fundraise

Lloyd’s Neal reveals £2.3bn profit in H1 2019 but says ‘brave choices’ ahead

Key Capital aims to raise €50m for commercial and residential property

Germany's Osram urges investors to accept 4.3 billion euro AMS offer

Artemis expands fixed income offering with pair of bond funds

Octopus VCT edges toward £1bn with fresh fund raise

Investment Banking

EON Hires BNP Paribas to Sell $1.1 Billion Czech Retail Business

Barclays boss Jes Staley sets up 'tense' showdown to oust board raider Bramson

Run Lola Run! by Andrew Hauser

Deutsche Bank said to offer $2m packages to some top ECM bankers

Controversial 'Russian spy bank' set to break into Europe

UK Market Comeback Despite Uncertainty - LCPP

Comment, Analysis & Research

Greece to Offer $10 Billion to Help Banks Cut Down Bad Debt

PIMFA fears over MiFID II costs and charges

UK wealth market to decline by 5 per cent in 2019 and 2020 if there is a no deal Brexit, says GlobalData

Digital challenges to the international monetary and financial system by Benoît Cœuré

Impact Of Digital Disruption Worldwide

KPMG set to slash jobs in the UK

Tax

The 2020 Dutch budget and tax plan: key takeaways for multinational enterprises

Aviva platform clients face race against the clock

Bankers or Mobsters Becomes Question in German Cum-Ex Tax Probe

£125m QROPS Tax Windfall Plan Flops For HMRC

Malta against removal of tax exemption on aviation and shipping fuels

The impact of withholding tax rules on Polish real estate transactions

Retail Banking

HSBC Looks to Unload French Retail Bank

BNP Paribas plans bid for Deutsche Bank's equity derivatives

The European race to provide real-time payments

Deutsche Bank to extend hiring squeeze to thousands of temporary workers

Commerzbank discussing more job cuts: newspaper

Lendable launches Luxembourg fund with Credit Suisse

Pensions

Sanlam asks network to stop DB transfers

Lane Clark & Peacock eyes KPMG UK pensions advisory arm

British expats pensions risk being frozen under no deal Brexit

Italian funds appoint Neuberger Berman to run joint private equity mandate

Platform growth to continue despite end of DB 'sugar rush'

Catella advised in the divestment of Chr. Hansen’s expanding headquarter north of Copenhagen to PensionDanmark

Brexit

After Brexit – solving the border problem in a data driven world

Forty per cent of UK assets under management held for foreign clients

Brexit: the breaking headlines of today are ‘old news’ by tomorrow

Why you should continue to advertise

Brexit is creating a new kind of finance job in Europe

Six African nations sign up to post-Brexit UK trade deal

ESG

Mediobanca SGR signs United Nations' Principles for Responsible Investment

Vontobel AM boutique launches new ESG fund

Fidelity rebrands funds and makes them ESG compliant

Merkel's govt to unveil strategy to tackle climate changeMerkel's govt to unveil strategy to tackle climate change

Guernsey’s growing green ecosystem

JPMAM launches global macro sustainable fund