Managers of Wealth Europe

Comment, Analysis & Research

DeVere reports surge in demand for money apps amid environmental and Brexit fears

The deVere Vault Prepaid Mastercard®️ can be used online, in-store and at any ATM location across the globe where Mastercard is accepted.

Comment, Analysis & Research

Power Failure by Tim Price

ESG, sustainability and beyond

The Art of Giving: UK tax incentives for owners of art

Comment, Analysis & Research

Time to put on the varifocals by Rathbones

Wealth and Asset Management

Schroder UK Public Private Trust plc: Half Year Report

Women are still being held back in fund management, says GAM Investments

IQ-EQ shortlisted for service excellence in International Investment Awards

Schroders Personal Wealth teams up with software firm

7IM snaps up London wealth firm in £2bn AUM boost

LGT completes LGT Vestra acquisition

Executive Moves

Appointments within the Group

Butterfield expands compliance team

ZEDRA appoints Kiki Stannard to lead London global expansion services as the acquisition of Fitzgerald & Law completes.

Bank Alpinum’s new PB head comes from LGT

AJ Bell hires ex-LGIM sales boss and promotes investment duo

CS names French-speaking Switzerland head

Legal, Regulation & Compliance

FCA calls for tougher measures to tackle online scam ads

FCA confirms next stage of support for consumer credit and overdraft customers

EBA publishes work programme for 2021

Germany puts auto boss on trial over ‘dieselgate’

FCA extends pause on Mifid 10% rule

Does dirty money need banking secrecy to thrive?

FinTech

Degroof Petercam and Avaloq ink agreement

Clearstream completes acquisition of majority stake in Fondcenter

Global Fintech Strategist Chris Gledhill on Unsticking Incumbent Innovation

European Data Protection Board Publishes Guidelines on the Concepts of Controller, Joint Controller and Processor

Samsung Pay taps Solarisbank to connect with any German bank account

Tech investment top priority for UK banks

Alternative Investments

Close Brothers Business Finance successfully facilitates MBO using CBILS

MassMutual and GIC take additional 36% stake in Rothesay Life as Blackstone exits

Credit sentiment recuperates as dovish policy prevails

U.S. Banks Pull More Assets From London Ahead of Crucial Brexit Deadline

More sophistication being seen in use of captives

Invesco launches currency-hedged versions of Physical Gold ETC

Investment Banking

The Banker's Investment Banking Awards, 2020

Credit Agricole to Build Its Own Saudi Bank After Stake Sale

SocGen’s maths geeks built an empire: do the sums still add up?

Breakingviews - How to build a European JPMorgan

JPMorgan to Move $230 Billion Assets to Germany Under Brexit

Brokers baffled by Barclays’ LTI move

Comment, Analysis & Research

It could be an unsettled autumn for investors

How is COVID-19 impacting family offices?

Strategic solutions for UK real estate fund managers post-Brexit

EBRD revises down economic forecasts amid continuing coronavirus uncertainty

Pandemic hits EBRD regions harder than advanced Europe – survey

Financial institutions are set for a once in a generation change

Tax

Brewin to review if MPS tax refundable as VAT scrapped

Tax reliefs and allowances for working from home

UK Offshore Receipts in respect of Intangible Property

Weekly Tax Brief - 29 September 2020

The Art of Giving: UK tax incentives for owners of art

Investments in UK residential real estate market – UK tax considerations for foreign investors

Retail Banking

NAB Announces Analytics Platform For SME Customers

Germany's Deposit Solutions launches in the US

TSB to close 164 high street banks affecting 969 jobs

HSBC in final talks to sell French retail business at hefty loss

Thousands of Britons living in EU told their UK bank accounts will be closed

British Banks Brace for Deeper Slump by Pulling Mortgage Deals

Pensions

Royal Mail in new pensions row

Wealthy savers pull their money from gold-plated final salary pensions

QNUPS Pensions For Expats Explained

PFS issues FSCS levy call to action

Chancellor could tweak the triple lock without breaking trust with retirees

2 Danish pension funds chip into latest European green bond

Brexit

London bankers balk at EU relocation over virus travel worries

Wealthy Britons step up citizenship shopping to thwart Brexit

UK insurers push for speedy post-Brexit changes to EU rules

Most UK firms unprepared for end of Brexit transition

Brexit and the City: Brussels’ new battle to rival London in finance

Flu d’état by Tim Price

Planet SOS

'Tidal wave' of ESG inflows continues but returns can't hold up, warns RWC

Amundi expands ESG ETF range with double launch

Franklin Templeton launches emerging markets sustainability fund

Stonehage Fleming selects Climate Care as carbon offset partner

Bank J. Safra Sarasin launches new Responsible India fund

Commerz Real acquires three onshore wind farms in southern Sweden from Eolus for 82.5 million euros

Covid-19

Charities and coronavirus: extension of some measures brought in by the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act

Covid sees youngsters flock to trainee adviser roles

Thriving in the pandemic: technology

Treasury scraps autumn Budget to focus on Covid crisis

Corona Upsets the Old Order

Goldman Sachs joins JPMorgan in asserting return to work after coronavirus office closures