ALTSMARK, LLC, a private capital portfolio management and services provider for the wealth management industry, has acquired London-based FINLIGHT, the ultra-high-net-worth solutions provider.

Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager, has been appointed by St. James’s Place to manage a new GBP2.8 billion Global Absolute Return Multi-Strategy mandate. 

A strong majority of advisers have called for a ban on both unregulated investments in SIPPs and unregulated pension introducers, new research reveals.

Against a backdrop of all-time highs when it comes to DIY investor numbers, Boring Money has announced its Best Buys for DIY ISA and Pension investors in 2022. 

Quilter is rolling out a series of responsible investment training modules to help advisers, in line with FCA guidance, to accommodate environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into their advice process. 
 

Nearly a third (32 per cent) of families do not have any savings for a rainy day, highlighting the pressure that millions of households could be under with rising living costs, a survey of 2,000 UK adults has found.

Since the pandemic began, Covid-19 restrictions have reduced spending opportunities which has helped many households to boost their savings over the past two years.

New research published by Wealth Club shows that almost a third (31 per cent) of Venture Capital Trust (VCT) investments are into privately owned companies that are growing revenues at more than 50 per cent a year. This is compared to just 3.2 per cent of the UK’s top 350 listed businesses. 
 

LGT, the private banking and asset management group owned by the Liechtenstein Princely Family, has launched a dedicated team for UK-based asset managers interested in setting up Liechtenstein-domiciled private label funds.

The "Consumer Savers and Investors Market Report 2022" report considers the market for consumer savings and investments, with a central focus on the types of savings and investment products consumers own, how much they are saving and investing and the environmental framework in which savings and investments are made. It looks at the size and structure of the market, recent trends and the future.

Commenting on energy price increases from the perspective of investing in the Gulf, Jubin Jose, manager of London-listed Gulf Investment Fund plc, writes that with the UK and much of Europe facing gas supply worries and surging energy prices as geo-political brinksmanship in Ukraine continues, which markets are set to benefit from this uneasy outlook?