Wealth and Asset Management

World's Best Private Banks 2020: The Tough Get Going

DBS Wealth Management expands strategic partnership with Avaloq to enhance client experience

Two IQ-EQ senior leaders named among eprivateclient ‘50 Most Influential’ for fourth year each

Addidi Wealth snapped up by national adviser

Wealth, power and impossible children: the 250-year-old scandal that gripped Scotland

Former Quilter Cheviot CEO joins IFA

Executive Moves

Justin Urquhart Stewart to retire from 7IM

HSBC makes changes at the top ahead of overhaul

Hymans Robertson appoints Victoria Panormo in pensions team

Aberdein Considine appoints private client lawyer Aileen Entwistle

Santander AM hires one to lead new illiquid alts investment area

HSBC hires Citi veteran to boost EMEA private banking

Legal, Regulation & Compliance

Six advisers on how they prepared for SMCR

EU and African banks sign $120 million climate action facility

Insurance scammers facing 10 years in jail for perjury

ESMA report on EMIR penalties and supervisory measures

EBA updates its guidelines for the reporting of funding plans

FSB reports on BigTech in finance and third party dependencies in cloud services

FinTech

Nucoro completes first wealth management project in the insurance sector

Cyclr secures new equity investment led by Juno Capital

Asset Control Wins Best Sell-Side Data Management Platform

Nets Trials Face Payments in Copenhagen

Russia’s Tinkoff Bank launches ‘super-app’ in Europe

Tink Announces Launch in Italy & Portugal

Alternative Investments

Tobam launches Swiss equity strategy seeded by local pension fund

St Andrews luxury hotel and golf course sold to Hong Kong investors

UK-based Apis Partners hits final close of second fund at $550m, exceeds target

The dark side of transparency

Number of luxury Edinburgh properties selling for £1 million on the rise

Portobello Capital co-winner of 'Best Spanish LBO Fund' prize

Investment Banking

New number of shares in Handelsbanken

Deutsche Bank very much impressed by Barclays corporate and investment bank

Deutsche Bank offloads more than $50bn in assets to Goldman Sachs

Deutsche loses more ground in Germany as Wall Street rivals smell blood

HSBC, Standard Chartered and Crédit Agricole join trade finance assets marketplace

The shrinking elite of front office bankers

Comment, Analysis & Research

"Our future is in our own hands" – Message to staff from Christian Sewing on the Investor Deep Dive

Christmas Stars and Fallen Angels by Patrick Thomas, Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management

How to fix Europe’s woes: put its public Investment Bank to use

Wealth Management: Investment Views – Combining business with humanity: Foreword

'Hundreds of entrepreneurs' ready to leave Britain if Jeremy Corbyn wins election

They won't thank you for it now, but should you give a child a pension for Christmas?

Tax

Danny Murphy loses £1m Coutts tax avoidance battle

World’s superrich are renting London properties to avoid new taxes

Billionaire Alexander Abramov's record under review after claims of links to tax haven companies

Taxpayer learns the hard way for unreasonable behaviour

Danes lead renewed European push against so-called 'tax havens' such as Ireland

Greece offers impressive tax breaks to attract affluent foreigners

Retail Banking

Ecobank wins Bank of the Year and Best Bank in prestigious London awards ceremonies

Santander's Openbank adds sustainable funds to its Roboadvisor solutions range

TSB to adopt Iress' Lender Connect technology

Fears on overdraft fees as HSBC hikes rate to 40%

Hong Kong Conglomerate Buys Portugese Bank

Virgin Money hit by £450m PPI bill

Pensions

Are You Complying With the PASA DB Transfer Guidance?

46% of FTSE 350 DB pensions schemes now in a surplus as total deficits fall by £16bn

Talbot and Muir acquires pension business from financial advice firm

Just Group migrates personal pension platform to Embark

Lloyds to Cut Chief Executive Horta-Osorio’s Pension Award

2020 must see the Government become bold on pensions

Brexit

Aftermath of Brexit is the financial services largest challenge for 2020

New staffing rules make Brexit-related Irish-hubs a magnet for jobs

Brexit investing: what wealth managers have learned

Jersey and Guernsey Islanders fear Channel Islands are unprepared for Brexit

Corbyn’s election rejection means MORE strife for the pound and UK economy

Brexit could cause a broad ‘investor strike,’ UBS chairman warns

Planet SOS

Nordic, UK pension funds join soy buyers in Brazil deforestation warning

Fidelity Launches Sustainable Water & Wate Funds for UK Clients

Social issues take back seat to environmental concerns

Financial authority heads take stand on climate change

Common understanding reached on EU sustainable finance taxonomy

IQ-EQ talks impact investing with LeapFrog’s Clare Murray