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Pension calculator Guiide secures funding

Scottish fintech Guiide has raised an undisclosed round of investment to help people who don’t, won’t or can’t take advice for their pensions.

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Scottish Widows to divest £440m from companies that pose significant ESG risk

Scottish Widows is to divest at least £440 million from companies that have failed to meet its environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards, and warned this figure could grow much further if companies do not take action to improve the sustainability of their business practices.

CMA blocks investment technology merger between FNZ and GBST

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CMA blocks investment technology merger between FNZ and GBST

The UK's Competition and Markets Authroity (CMA) has ordered FNZ to sell GBST after finding the merger between the investment platforms could lead to a reduction in service quality and higher prices for consumers.

/retail

Vantik unveils 'pension in your pocket'

Because statutory and occupational pension are not sufficient for financial independence in old age, a modern solution is required: With the Vantikcard, the fintech company Vantik brings pension planning directly into the pockets of the smartphone generation.

Coutts MD: Sustainability is about ‘unpeeling’ investment decision making

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Coutts MD: Sustainability is about ‘unpeeling’ investment decision making

Mohammad Kamal Syed, managing director and head of investment management at Coutts & Co, tells Finextra Research of the ‘root and branch uplift’ in the firm’s investment decision making to address ESG goals.

Sibos 2020: Defining sustainable finance and ESG, beyond climate action and the environment

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Sibos 2020: Defining sustainable finance and ESG, beyond climate action and the environment

As wildfires, hurricanes, social and economic unrest and the pandemic play out across the global stage, the final of day of Sibos 2020 focuses on banking for humanity, the impact of ESG and the triple bottom line as a driver for sustainable business.

/regulation

PensionBee and Plaid report explores the impact of Open Pensions on UK consumers

Today PensionBee, the UK’s leading online pension provider, has released a new report with Plaid, an Open Banking data network powering thousands of digital financial apps and services, exploring the potential for Open Finance in pensions, and calling for regulators to prioritise the initiative before other sectors.

/wealth

SIX unveils tax tool for wealth managers

SIX today launches “SIX Tax Score®”, designed to analyse the tax consequences of financial products, available to banks, wealth managers and asset managers in the form of a benchmark covering Swiss, UK and French tax jurisdictions.

Exabel closes $3.6m funding round

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Exabel closes $3.6m funding round

A startup that offers AI analytics to asset managers has raised $3.6m in its third funding round bringing the total capital raised to more than $12m.

/Pensions management

Moneybox launches “Pension Detective” service to help people track down old pension pots

Saving and investing app Moneybox today launches a “Pension Detective” service supported by a Provider Search tool after a successful beta trial.

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Swiss digital pension startup Sparbatze goes live

Sparbatze, the new digital pension Swiss FinTech, today announces the launch of their fully digital pension services, enabled through collaboration with three other industry partners in banking and technology: Zuger Kantonalbank, additiv and Qcentris.

/retail

Legal & General agrees annuity partnership with PensionBee

Legal & General Retail Retirement has agreed a new partnership within its Retirement Income business to provide annuities to PensionBee customers.

eToro makes acquisition ahead of debit card launch

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eToro makes acquisition ahead of debit card launch

Online investment platform eToro has furthered its preparations for the launch of its first debit card by acquiring UK-based e-money platform Marq Millions.

/retail

Siemens to co-operate with Raisin on pensions

Siemens is cooperating with German fintech Raisin on employee pensions. There has long been a political desire in Germany to provide German residents with an accurate overview of their retirement financing, in order to identify the deficiency in people’s pension in a timely fashion.

ESG standards: No silver platter of harmonised data

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ESG standards: No silver platter of harmonised data

A desire for standardisation of ESG data may be folly, according to Bruno Bertocci, head of sustainable equities at UBS Wealth Management.

/retail

L&G switches on new pensions portal for 3.7 million people

Legal & General (L&G) today announces the release of its enhanced secure pensions portal ‘Manage Your Account’, successfully switched on for the use of 3.7 million eligible defined contribution scheme members across the UK.

DBS customers can now see what they may look like when they reach retirement age

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DBS customers can now see what they may look like when they reach retirement age

DBS Hong Kong is introducing a new retirement planning tool that paints a visual portrait of what customers will look like when they reach their golden years.

/cloud

Luminor selects FA Solutions to consolidate cross-border pension management operations

Luminor, the third-largest provider of financial services in the Baltics, has partnered with cloud portfolio management platform provider FA Solutions for its Asset & Pension Fund business segment, enabling Luminor Pensions to streamline cross-border operations and consolidate its multi-country systems into one platform.

/wealth

Quantum Advisory selects RiskFirst for pension analytics

Quantum Advisory, a leading independent financial services consultancy, has selected PFaroe, the web-based pensions risk analytics platform from RiskFirst, a Moody’s Analytics company.

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Natixis IM invests in UK savings fintech Smart

Smart, a leading savings technology platform and UK fintech company, and Natixis Investment Managers (Natixis IM), one of the world's largest asset management firms, today announced that Natixis IM has made a strategic investment in Smart, combining their expertise to develop and deliver leading workplace pension market solutions in the UK and globally.

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