Wealth and Asset Management

Does your firm want a lead—or a customer?

EFG International opens advisory branch in Portugal

Savings the key to happiness - not getting a big raise

Financial Planner scoops prestigious fintech award

Advice firm hands ownership to employees

Quilter Private Client Advisers adds £211m AUA with triple acquisition

Executive Moves

Capco Germany appoints new partner

Carmignac appoints Sustainability Manager

Raiffeisen Romania appoints new head of investment banking division

Investec bolsters Bournemouth office with Brewin hire

EFAMA appoints new President

Danske Bank dismisses head of Danish banking activities

Legal, Regulation & Compliance

Obligatory registration of UBO’s in the Netherlands from 2020: an overview of the proposal

Money laundering and terrorist financing controls in overseas jurisdictions – advisory notice

Joint statement on opportunistic strategies in the credit derivatives markets

FATF 'will not allow cryptocurrency to replace secret numbered accounts'

Luxembourg-Based Fund Maor Closes First Israel-Focused Fund

U.S. regulators ask Deutsche Bank to explain 'bad bank' proposal - FT

FinTech

How Eximus Became 5.8.1: Improve The Product, Listen To The Client, Go Further

Digital Matters: Digital Isle of Man, One Year On

Guernsey continues to drive ILS innovation

Russian Ministry of Finance Considers Allowing Cryptocurrency Trading

It's about time banks took East London's trendy, young fintechs seriously

A chance for the Bank of England to rethink its priorities

Alternative Investments

BlackRock expands sustainable multi-asset investment offering with charity fund

UK firm launches ETF range in Switzerland

Polar Capital Hikes Annual Payout Amid Strong Growth In Managed Assets

HWB Capital Management’s funds outperform markets in 2019

New funds will lock in investors to prevent Woodford-style sell-offs

Swiss fund market declines in May 2019

Investment Banking

Making impactful change by Anna Sweeney

Deutsche to set up €50bn ‘bad bank’ in radical overhaul

Deutsche Bank to set up €50bn ‘bad bank’ as part of overhaul

Bonuses for women are 69% lower at HSBC unit

HSBC's investment banking job cuts have quietly started in London

Deutsche Bank Warns Clients They Could Be Cut Off in Compliance Effort

Comment, Analysis & Research

Reflections on the 5th Annual European Fund Finance Symposium

Swimming against the tide

Death Wish by Tim Price

ISLA: Asia is going to be a huge influence in the future

The dangers of segmenting clients

Global wealth grew by slowest rate in 5 years in 2018: BCG

Tax

Billions are being lost due to tax avoidance

Revenue set to double number of super-rich facing tax probe

Andersen Name Grows in Poland

More accountability for directors will rebuild trust in auditing

Global tax regime aims to take a byte out of Ireland's status as tech hub

HMRC defeated as Jersey companies deemed not UK-resident

Retail Banking

Britain's HSBC to help modern slaves 'rebuild lives' with bank access

RBS expects capital boost from Saudi bank merger

'Bad bank' repays £50bn bailout loan

Why Capital Group has no time for 'big name stars'

Tesco Bank exits mortgage market

Metro advisers rake in £13m fees

Pensions

Head of private equity at Dutch pension giant APG to step down

Rolls-Royce's record pension buy-out advised on by Mercer

Final step taken in CMA reform of investment consultants

Pension deficits increase £63.5bn in May

Spain’s Caixa boosts risk off allocation

Hargreaves platform back to running normal

Brexit

With Brexit, now is the time to consider whether you should move your art

EU Exit: Impact on STO under MiFIR

London development industry confident in overseas investment market despite Brexit uncertainties

EU softens post-Brexit limit on London trading after rebuke

Business reaction to Theresa May’s departure

Investors can ride out the UK's political storm

ESG

MSCI expands climate solutions with climate change indexes launch

Development banks’ climate finance hit record high of $43.1 billion

Guernsey up with the leading pack on green finance

Trustees and ESG – Are you ready for 1 October 2019?

Ogier in Luxembourg proves its green credentials with prestigious SuperDrecksKëscht certification

ESG ETFs more popular in Europe than the US