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CANDRIAM AUM HITS A RECORD €158 BILLION IN 2021 WITH ESG-RELATED ASSETS SURPASSING €100 BILLION

CANDRIAM AUM HITS A RECORD €158 BILLION IN 2021 WITH ESG-RELATED ASSETS SURPASSING €100 BILLION

Total AUM increases by €18 billion in 2021 reaching a record high €158 billion at year end €105 billion of total AUM (67%) was ESG-re..

Mitek Acquires UK-based HooYu in All Cash GBP 98 Million Deal

Mitek Acquires UK-based HooYu in All Cash GBP 98 Million Deal

Financial institutions now get combined biometrics, KYC and identity verification tools in one powerful identity orchestration platfor..

Pepper European Servicing becomes Pepper Advantage in major business transformation

Pepper European Servicing becomes Pepper Advantage in major business transformation

Integration of Asian and European businesses to create a global credit intelligence provider Technology investment will develop new cl..

JM Finn strengthens leadership team

JM Finn strengthens leadership team

JM Finn has strengthened its leadership team by adding four new members to the Management Committee. Hugo Bedford, CEO, who took over ..

Commodities trading houses help keep Russian oil flowing

Commodities trading houses help keep Russian oil flowing

By Julia Payne LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – Commodities traders such as Trafigura and Vitol have helped keep Russia’s..

IPC Launches Connexus® ALPHA

IPC Launches Connexus® ALPHA

  Innovative cloud edge solution to provide ultra-low latency connectivity for global trading firms London – 24 March 2022 – IPC,..

Bad Actors Innovate, Extort and Launch 9.7M DDoS Attacks in 2021 According to the Latest NETSCOUT Threat Intelligence Report

Bad Actors Innovate, Extort and Launch 9.7M DDoS Attacks in 2021 According to the Latest NETSCOUT Threat Intelligence Report

  Ransomware Gangs, DDoS-for-Hire Services, and Server Class Botnet Armies Make Attacks Easier to Launch with Greater Sophisticat..

NEW ASSOCIATE STRENGTHENS NELSONS’ LEICESTER DISPUTE RESOLUTION TEAM 

NEW ASSOCIATE STRENGTHENS NELSONS’ LEICESTER DISPUTE RESOLUTION TEAM 

Hayden Mellowship, Nelsons Andy Rudkin, Nelsons LEADING East Midlands-based law firm Nelsons has boosted its e..

OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW: INTRODUCING NO-FAULT DIVORCE

OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW: INTRODUCING NO-FAULT DIVORCE

Emma Davies, Nelsons HAILED as the biggest shake up in divorce law for 50 years, the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation A..

‘Indefensible’: UK’s Sunak under fire over response to cost of living crisis

‘Indefensible’: UK’s Sunak under fire over response to cost of living crisis

By William Schomberg and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rishi Sunak faced broad criticism on Thursday for not g..

PAY CUTS FOR REMOTE WORKERS: IS IT WORTH THE RISK?

PAY CUTS FOR REMOTE WORKERS: IS IT WORTH THE RISK?

  One of the most prevalent changes brought by Covid-19 is the shift towards remote working.  Figures published by the Office for..

Device Authority and Entrust partner to provide trust and machine identity automation for IoT

Device Authority and Entrust partner to provide trust and machine identity automation for IoT

  MINNEAPOLIS AND LONDON (March 22, 2022) – Global leader in identity and access management, Device Authority, and Entrust, a lea..

Nvidia unveils latest chips, technology to speed up AI computing

Nvidia unveils latest chips, technology to speed up AI computing

By Jane Lanhee Lee and Chavi Mehta (Reuters) – Nvidia Corp on Tuesday announced several new chips and technologies that it said ..

Hungary ramps up rate hikes as war stokes inflation risks

Hungary ramps up rate hikes as war stokes inflation risks

By Gergely Szakacs and Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The National Bank of Hungary raised its base rate by 100 basis points..

ONE WEEK UNTIL THE END OF EVICTION MORATORIUM

ONE WEEK UNTIL THE END OF EVICTION MORATORIUM

Last year, the government announced that Section 82 of the Coronavirus Act 2020, which prevents landlords of commercial properties fro..

EU split on Russia oil sanctions

EU split on Russia oil sanctions

By Sabine Siebold and Ingrid Melander BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s foreign ministers disagreed on Monday on w..

Balancing Britain’s energy security options as prices rise

Balancing Britain’s energy security options as prices rise

By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is expected to publish its plan next week on how to boost domestic energy supplies to try..

Life echoes art for Ukraine’s Eurovision refugee

Life echoes art for Ukraine’s Eurovision refugee

By Yesim Dikmen ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Six years ago Ukrainian singer Jamala conquered Europe with a song about Soviet leader Jose..

EXPERIENCED SOLICITOR MOVES TO JOIN FAMILY LAW TEAM IN NOTTINGHAM

EXPERIENCED SOLICITOR MOVES TO JOIN FAMILY LAW TEAM IN NOTTINGHAM

ASSOCIATE, solicitor and mediator Paul Richardson has moved from Nelsons’ Leicester office to join the family law department in Nottin..

Employees from small businesses experience 350% more social engineering cyber attacks

Employees from small businesses experience 350% more social engineering cyber attacks

London, 16th March 2022 – An average employee of a small business with less than 100 employees will experience 350 per cent more socia..

THE £37.4 BILLION INHERITANCE TAX GIVEAWAY

THE £37.4 BILLION INHERITANCE TAX GIVEAWAY

More than one in four gave gifts as part of IHT planning in the past year Handelsbanken Wealth & Asset Management urges anyone gi..

Lightware’s Collaboration and Connectivity Solutions Travel the World at Dubai Expo

Lightware’s Collaboration and Connectivity Solutions Travel the World at Dubai Expo

Technologies Featured in More than 20 Pavilions, Highlighting the Global Need for  Interactivity, Flexibility and Performance in Diver..

GREATER COMMERCIALITY AND FLEXIBILITY IN PLANNING COMMITTEES IS NEEDED IF WE WANT TO REACH AFFORDABLE HOUSING TARGETS

GREATER COMMERCIALITY AND FLEXIBILITY IN PLANNING COMMITTEES IS NEEDED IF WE WANT TO REACH AFFORDABLE HOUSING TARGETS

Much has been said and written about the planning system needing widespread reforms, even more so as we await the next iteration of th..

Bank of England raises rates in 8-1 vote

Bank of England raises rates in 8-1 vote

LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England raised interest rates on Thursday in a bid to keep fast-rising inflation in check but, wi..

Ukrainian refugees hope for peace, but more expected to flee

Ukrainian refugees hope for peace, but more expected to flee

By Anna Koper and Krisztina Than PRZEMYSL, Poland/BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Thousands more refugees crossed into Eastern Europe on Th..

Top auction houses cancel Russian art sales in London

Top auction houses cancel Russian art sales in London

By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) -Auction houses Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Bonhams have cancelled sales of Russian a..

Biden to address Zelenskiy appeal, still opposes ‘no fly zone’

Biden to address Zelenskiy appeal, still opposes ‘no fly zone’

By Nandita Bose and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden will announce an additional $800 million in security a..

New talk of compromise on both sides lifts hope for Russia-Ukraine breakthrough

New talk of compromise on both sides lifts hope for Russia-Ukraine breakthrough

By James Mackenzie and Natalia Zinets KYIV/LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – New talk of compromise from both Moscow and Kyiv on a statu..

Close to 3 million have fled fighting in Ukraine

Close to 3 million have fled fighting in Ukraine

By Anna Koper and Olimpiu Gheorghiu PRZEMYSL, Poland/PALANCA, Moldova (Reuters) -Nearly three weeks into the war, the number of Ukrain..

Symbol of resistance as EU leaders head to Kyiv ‘where history is forged’

Symbol of resistance as EU leaders head to Kyiv ‘where history is forged’

By Pavel Polityuk, Natalia Zinets and Omer Berberoglu LVIV, Ukraine/KYIV (Reuters) – Three European prime ministers rode a train..

Seven Ways to Keep your Smart Home Devices out of the Hands of Hackers

Seven Ways to Keep your Smart Home Devices out of the Hands of Hackers

Check Point Software warns that your household tech could be putting your privacy at risk  Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NA..

TOP 150 LAW FIRM BOOSTS PRIVATE CLIENT TEAM WITH NEW PARTNER

TOP 150 LAW FIRM BOOSTS PRIVATE CLIENT TEAM WITH NEW PARTNER

LEADING law firm Roythornes Solicitors has appointed high net worth expert Tim Galloway to head up its private client department and f..

Jörg Allenspach Appointed Global Head of Private Assets Distribution

Jörg Allenspach Appointed Global Head of Private Assets Distribution

London, 10 March 2022 – Candriam, a global multi-asset manager focused on sustainable and responsible investing, has announced the app..

COVID, War and Fed push world stocks down for 4th day

COVID, War and Fed push world stocks down for 4th day

By Tommy Wilkes and Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks fell for a fourth consecutive session on Tuesday as a comb..

Sterling rebounds after hitting 16-month low

Sterling rebounds after hitting 16-month low

By Samuel Indyk LONDON (Reuters) – The British pound eked out gains against the U.S. dollar on Monday, recovering after falling ..

Biden, G7 revoke Russia’s favored nation trading status

Biden, G7 revoke Russia’s favored nation trading status

By Steve Holland and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Friday the G7 industrialized nations will revoke ..

February 2022’s Most Wanted Malware: Emotet Remains Number One While Trickbot Slips Even Further Down the Index

February 2022’s Most Wanted Malware: Emotet Remains Number One While Trickbot Slips Even Further Down the Index

    Check Point Research reveals that Emotet is again the most prevalent malware, while Trickbot falls from second place into six..