Nik Pratt

UK retail investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown has named Vanguard managing director Matt Benchener as its new chief executive. Benchener will join the Bristol-based firm in March, initially working alongside interim CEO Richard Flint, before taking on ... See more

UK-based HANetf has partnered with insurance-linked securities investment manager King Ridge Capital to launch what it claims is Europe’s first catastrophe bond ETF. The KRC cat Bond Ucits ETF will be listed on the London Stock Exchange, Xetra and Borsa I... See more

HSBC has opened an asset management office in the UAE. According to the bank, the move makes HSBC the first global asset manager to launch an onshore funds platform in the country. The new entity will be headed up by James Grist, who has been appointed as... See more

The funds industry could play a vital role in Europe’s challenge to increase defence spending amid an increasingly volatile geopolitical landscape. However, there will have to be changes to a fragmented supply chain, a lifting of various investment restri... See more

If Europe is to capitalise on the demise of US dollar (USD) dominance, then it will have to move faster on a number of fronts – solving an energy crisis, increasing defence spending and encouraging a stronger long-term investment and savings culture among... See more