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Aegon wraps up Cofunds acquisition

Dutch insurer Aegon has completed the acquisition of Cofunds, the investment platform of Legal & General Group (L&G) in the UK for advisers and other financial institutions.

Deutsche Bank to pay $95m to settle US tax evasion allegations

Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay $95m to settle a US government civil lawsuit that alleged the bank of using shell companies to dodge taxes.

RBS International names head of funds

RBS International has appointed Peter Brown as its new head of funds to drive expansion in the alternative funds sector.

Chinese consortium launches $1.4bn fintech fund

A consortium of Chinese firms has launched RMB10bn ($1.44bn) fintech fund to focus on mergers and acquisitions in the region’s fintech space.

ANZ to sell 20% stake in Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank for $1.33bn

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) has agreed to sell its 20% stake in Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank (SRCB) to China Cosco Shipping and Shanghai SinoPoland Enterprise Management Development.

Apex hires new US business development head

Apex Fund Services, an independent fund administrator, has appointed Daniel Strachman as head of Head of US business development.

A peek at 2017: Industry comments

With the shocks of the UK’s Brexit result and the US presidential election behind us, PBI asked C-level executives at leading private banks and wealth management firms to give us their forecasts for 2017. Here’s what they had to say…

BNP Paribas names group head in Germany

BNP Paribas has appointed Lutz Diederichs as its group head in Germany and chairman of the group management board in the country.

Man Group wraps up Aalto Invest Holding acquisition

Man Group has concluded the acquisition of Aalto Invest Holding, a real asset focused property investment firm.

Crux Asset Management to snap up Oriel Asset Management

UK-based Crux Asset Management has agreed to acquire local firm Oriel Asset Management from City Financial.