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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put a tender out for a private company providing cryptocurrency analysis

While headline migration numbers fell significantly, investor visa applications have returned to their pre-pandemic levels, according to the latest ONS figures.

The 11th Annual Grouse & Grape Luncheon - a major wealth management networking and charitable event - will take place on Tuesday 7th December 2021 in the Cavalry & Guards Club on London’s Piccadilly. 

Law firms made up 25 percent of the top 200 companies for social mobility, with firm Browne Jacobson at the very top, followed by consultancy KPMG, then law firm Herbert Smith Freehills.

Financial advisers are having to expand their skillsets as clients are increasingly seeking extra advice outside of financial support.

Tilney Smith & Williamson (TS&W) has launched a new offshore sustainable portfolio range from its Jersey office.

It is rare as a financial journalist for someone to start an interview saying they have the best job in the world. But Juliet Agnew, head of philanthropy at Barclays Private Bank, bucked this trend. Speaking to thewealthnet, her enthusiasm for the role is hard to miss. “It’s a real privilege to support clients on their philanthropy journey,” she says.

US-based startups received $286.6 billion from venture capital investors between January and October 2021, yet the numbers have shown decline since July.

Covid-19 permanently changed the ways in which customers seek advice and how financial advisors dispense it. As customers and advisers alike have permanently adopted new ways of interacting in digital channels, new challenges will face wealth management firms in 2022.

A recent article on thewealthnet highlighted the virtues of investments of passion, such as Hermes’ Birkin handbags, for investors seeking a well-diversified portfolio.