Wealth and Asset Management

FirethornTrust Launches with Backing of £200M to Invest in UK Real Estate

Fenergo expands in to asset and wealth management

Brooks boss joins IA board alongside three fund heavyweights

Brooks takes £2.5m hit on 'obsolete' tech as compliance costs climb

Brooks Macdonald in-house advice a ‘major introducer’ of funds into DFM

Swiss private bank buys Luxembourg bank

Executive Moves

Muckle LLP Strengthens Private Client Team With New Appointment

Laurent Ramsey Becomes a Partner of Pictet

Cheyne Capital Hires Bluebay, Oaktree Execs to Invest New Credit Strategy

Europe’s asset management body names new head

Standard Life advice arm chairman to take new wider role

RWC hires Mizuho director to support A-rated Japan star

Legal, Regulation & Compliance

Services to asset managers are now the biggest growth driver.

Regulator says scandal bank board 'heads are on the block'

Former Deutsche Bank trader said arrested in Italy

GDPR made it impossible for banks to provide advisory services

Digital wealth manager launches partnership with venture capital firm

Dutch asset managers join class action against Volkswagen

FinTech

Fintech pair aim to disrupt industry with investments for millennials

Poland’s Largest Bank Ready to Unveil Blockchain Document Management Platform

Dion Global Announces the Official Launch of their Modular Wealth Intelligence (WIN) Platform

Switzerland and Israel share thoughts on ICO regulation

Norway’s largest private asset manager completes SimCorp's Front Office and Fund Solutions

7IM shows how technology can work for customers

Alternative Investments

Abraaj’s fund management rights to be transferred to investors

Investors ignore human rights at their peril

The tea tycoon who was 'the world's best loser'

Impact investing crosses generation gap

Infrastructure funds make bold bet as investor demand runs on

Four star fund managers are launching new investment trusts - so which should you scoop up for your portfolio?

Investment Banking

City veterans plan ‘merchant bank for mega-rich millennials’

The possibility of merging Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank wins backing

Deutsche Bank seeks earnings boost from push into German heartland

Deutsche Bank Confirms Shift of Assets From London Amid 'Unclear' Brexit Impact

Is the Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc share price ever going to recover?

Barclays retains top spot in investment complaints data

Comment, Analysis & Research

Celebrating Female Leadership by Penny Lovell

Tel Aviv-Centered Messaging Wins Favor of European Tech Investors, Says Israeli Venture Capitalist

Asset owners are shifting towards responsible investing: KBIGI

Hargreaves finds investor confidence at lowest level

World Retail Banking Report 2018: Banks must respond to soaring customer expectations as non-traditional competition looms

OppenheimerFunds Launches New HNW Research in Advance of Largest Wealth Transfer in U.K. History

Tax

Clock ticking on offshore income declarations in UK

Gibraltar talks edging toward October deal

Senior Tax Manager named in Top 35 under 35 ranking

Three areas UK taxman is ramping up IHT probes

Grant Thornton calls for independent public body to appoint auditors

Ireland’s Corporation Tax Roadmap

Retail Banking

A New CEO Plans Big Cuts to Mend Deutsche Bank

Romanian state bank aims to buy private bank’s retail license

Aareal Bank Reaches Deal On Acquisition Of D?sseldorfer Hypothekenbank

Intesa Sanpaolo Deal Has Intrum Fielding Talks With Other Banks

Slovenia's Abanka sees strong rise in non-cons net profit in H1

British challenger bank hits $2.3bn valuation

Pensions

Regulator wants chief with 'thick skin'

Consolidators to pay special levy for pensions lifeboat

Pension transfer advisers oblivious to new rules

20 providers meet over pension dashboard next steps

Fred the Shred in line for a £17m pension

Management bust-up increases pressure on Pension SuperFund

Brexit

Cyprus positions itself to attract investment as Brexit looms

Axa IM makes raft of ESG hires

Post-Brexit UK investment bank would require up to £10bn

Govt guarantees overseas pension transfers after Brexit

Brexit no-deal to hit UK asset managers hard

Brexit is driving compensation at asset managers in Germany