Europe
Brooks Macdonald moves into Portugal with Generali tie-up
Brooks Macdonald has announced a move into Portugal with a deal making its discretionary investment services available through Generali PanEurope’s Private Wealth Portfolio (PWP).
Spanish resident appeals to ECJ over excessive disclosure fine
A Spanish taxpayer is appealing to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over an “excessive” penalty for disclosing his overseas assets a year late, according to global financial advice association Step.
KBL appoints group chief financial officer
Luxembourg-based KBL European Private Bankers (KBL epb) has appointed Rachel Hamen as group chief financial officer.
Europe’s regulators turn their sights on robo-advisers
European regulators have announced plans to investigate the increasing use of ‘robo-advice’ in the financial services industry in order to work out what action may be needed to control its growing use.
Decoding the ECB ‘disappointment’
European Central Bank president Mario Draghi disappointed markets on Thursday. While the bank delivered a 10 basis point cut to the deposit rate to an historic -0.3%, and extended the deadline of its asset purchase programme by six months, it kept the main refinancing and marginal lending rates steady at five and 30 basis points respectively.