The current Covid-19 crisis provides the financial services sector with an opportunity to respond to the needs of consumers, provide them with the help and support they will need in the coming months and help them stay safe from scams, Baroness Morgan of Cotes told delegates at PIMFA’s inaugural Virtual Fest on Wednesday (3 June).

Quilter is urging customers and advisers to be extra cautious about the risk of financial scams amid the coronavirus crisis.

Entreda, a developer of integrated cybersecurity software and solutions for the wealth management industry, is making its Endpoint Monitoring and Remediation suite of solutions available to all financial advisers and wealth management firms that are already using the company’s services, free of charge for the one month.

BLACKCLOAK, providers of Concierge Cybersecurity & Privacy protection to high-net-worth individuals and C-Suite executives, has launched a new Cybersecurity & Privacy Platform.  

Aon, a professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions, is to begin providing SEI (NASDAQ:SEIC) Private Wealth Management clients access to personal cyber security solution Cyber Secure Select. 

The latest Morgan Stanley Investor Pulse Poll reveals that high net worth (HNW) investors are increasingly attracted to digital technology while at the same time harbouring concerns about cybersecurity.

With information security a key issue for asset managers, a new software platform is aiming to allow directors with no specialist IT skills to monitor the whole of their cybersecurity.

Independent Asian wealth manager Portcullis Group has deployed the CyGlass solution globally to further strengthen its cyber defences and protect sensitive customer data and digital assets.

Wealth services firm JTC has adopted UK technology start-up Tessian’s platform to reduce risks around email use. 

iShares has launched iShares Thomson Reuters Inclusion and Diversity UCITS ETF and the iShares Digital Security UCITS ETF (Acc) on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt.