Welcome to the Investment Management Brief, our regular briefing offering an overview of the latest business issues in investment management, including analysis and comment from Pinsent Masons.

In this issue we cover:

UK:

  •  Financial advice review: firms urged to participate. Read more here.
  •  FCA begins review of fund authorised corporate directors. Read more here.
  •  'Step-change in culture' needed from personal and commercial insurers. Read more here.
  •  Insurers must be "proactive" in tackling sexual harassment, discrimination, bullying and other cases of non-financial misconduct, the Financial Conduct Authority warns. Read more here.

EU:

Fintech:

  •  Cloud use charted in UK financial services survey. Read more here.
  •  Open finance in the UK should lean on international experience.  Read more here.

Brexit:

International: Singapore

  •  Variable capital companies: Singapore seeks to attract fund managers. Read more here.

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