Wealth management stories
Wealth advisers in Asia can now arrange life insurance funding without tying clients to a private bank, as Yuvarra opens in Hong Kong.
Institutional investors in Hong Kong and Singapore are set to gain wider access to tokenised funds, bonds and structured products through the tie-up.
Rising demand from sovereign wealth and pension funds is prompting a more targeted regional push across Asia-Pacific, where operational complexity is growing.
Banks could launch international transfers faster, as the Backbase integration cuts the complexity of linking to Mastercard Move.
Ireland's funds boom now underpins more than 60,000 jobs, while its fintech tools are helping Australian super funds meet tougher rules.
The rollout aims to cut manual reconciliation and improve portfolio visibility as wealth managers face rising pressure to automate reporting and client updates.
Available first to premium members, the chat-based tool lets users manage spending, debt and savings inside the app as AI finance rivals multiply.
Most UK financial advisers are now serving younger investors, but fragmented software is adding hours of admin each week.
The funding will help the Edinburgh fintech expand tools that let banks check AI agents meet conduct standards for customers.
The app lets traders query live positions and exposure in plain English, cutting out screenshots and manual uploads to ChatGPT.
The full rollout could reduce administration and compliance burdens for Patronus Partners as wealth managers look to join up legacy systems with AI.
Recurring payments can now be authorised directly from UK bank accounts, with live use already underway for investing and rent.
Women in the UK are far less likely than men to buy crypto, with many saying they lack the confidence or know-how to start investing.
Customers can now let their own AI software place equities trades or make card purchases, but Robinhood says safeguards and limits still apply.
Advisers at MPC Markets will get a single view across multi-broker, multi-currency holdings as the firm automates client review packs.
Finance teams could cut hours of manual drafting as the new tool builds full deal packs, including CIMs, from a single prompt.
The shift comes as 42% of firms use tech spend to cope with growth and regulation, up from 35% in the previous survey.
SMSF trustees hunting income are being offered higher target returns as TermPlus taps stronger demand for fixed-term private credit accounts.
Customers will soon be able to manage savings, spending and borrowing for family and business in one place as the firm broadens beyond investing.
The transfer will shift core member services for about 3,300 ElectricSuper members as the fund moves to a new administrator this year.