High earning families at risk of losing thousands due to Budget measures December 8, 2025 The measures introduced in this year’s Autumn Budget could leave a typical high earning family thousands out of pocket, new research has found. According to analysis from wealthtech advisory platform Y TREE, high earners could lose out on nearly £280,000 over the next twenty years as a result of Reeves’ Budget policy changes, jumping to [...]
Salary sacrifice: Millions of pension savers impacted by overhaul December 5, 2025 Millions of UK pension savers are set to be hit by salary sacrifice changes unveiled in the Budget, according to new figures. According to figures published by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), an estimated 7.7m employees use salary sacrifice to make pension contributions. This means employees effectively take a pay cut in exchange for higher [...]
AmTrust Financial Services and Blackstone Credit & Insurance Close Strategic Transaction and Launch Newly Formed Multinational MGA Company Named ANV Group Holdings Ltd. December 5, 2025 Strategic Transaction Unlocks Value for AmTrust and Positions ANV Group Holdings for Accelerated Growth Former AmTrust President Adam Karkowsky Leading ANV Group Holdings as Chairman and CEO
Labour minister: Life is s**t for young people December 5, 2025 A Labour minister has offered a candid assessment of life in the UK in reaction to a news story about the costs associated with housing and raising children. In a post on X, Josh Simons, the parliamentary secretary for the Cabinet Office who co-founded the Labour Growth Group, said life for young adults wanting to [...]
Getting rid of business rates won’t fix Britain’s high streets December 5, 2025 The decline of the UK’s high streets has been well-documented over the past decades, with the finger variously pointed at structural and policy changes. At the 2025 Labour Party conference, the Prime Minister said that the UK’s high streets are “struggling against the tide of decline”, promising to replace the business rates system and level [...]
Britain is the worst place in Europe to get rich December 5, 2025 Success has become a liability in Britain, and uncertainty the defining feature of our economic landscape – it is little wonder that our most dynamic founders, investors and wealth creators are looking for a change of scenery, says Stephen Kenny In the Autumn Budget, the Chancellor said twice that she had made the tax system [...]
Cross-Border Private Credit Set to Surge, But Operational Complexity Threatens Momentum, CSC Finds December 4, 2025 79% of GPs expect cross-border private credit deals to grow over the next three years, with more than half forecasting rapid acceleration 40% of LPs rejected private credit investment opportunities last year due to reporting or operational concerns 92% of LPs say specialist outsourcing enhances transparency
Pace selected by Prudential Financial to help automate its insurance operations with agentic AI December 4, 2025 Pace’s AI-powered agents are helping to streamline policy service and perform other quality assurance tasks within Prudential’s Individual Life Insurance business
MSCI Launches Breakthrough Index Integrating Public Markets and Private Equity December 4, 2025 Innovative index is designed to provide a broad and daily view of the global equity opportunity
Smarsh Awarded a 2025 AWS Partner Award December 4, 2025 Recognition underscores Smarsh’s market leadership in helping financial institutions modernize securely, unlock the full value of AI, and strengthen global risk oversight.