Digital Wealth: Abrdn seeks to buy £55B AUM Interactive Investor for £1.5B

Abrdn follows their acquisition of Finimize with advanced talks to purchase online investment platform Interactive Investor

Nov 11, 2021

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North America News

🇺🇸 Exclusive: US Tech Giant Closes In On Adviser Platform Hubwise - City Wire, November 4, Connecticut

🇨🇦 Quebec-Based Fintech Firms Are On The Move - Wealth Professional, November 4, Quebec

🇺🇸 SEC Chair Hints At New Rules For Advisors And Brokers On Use Of Technology - Barrons, November 4, New York

🇺🇸 JPMorgan Files ADV For Launch Of Call-Center RIA Led By Former Vanguard Group Call Center Head With Blunt Disclosures About Who Gets To Manage The Assets - RIABiz, November 4, New York

🇺🇸 US Bancorp Investments Updates Robo To Make It More User-Friendly - Financial Advisor IQ, November 5, Minneapolis

🇺🇸 Vestwell To Acquire Sumday; Tolerisk Partners With Finmason; Plus A Robo Revamp - Wealth Management, November 5, New York

EMEA News

🇬🇧 New Digital Bank Will Focus On The ‘Mass Affluent’ - Your Money, November 8, London

🇦🇪 AI Powered Digital Wealth Manager Finamaze Strengthens Investment Product Offerings - Zawya, November 9, Abu Dhabi

🇬🇧 Scalable Capital Acquires JustETF - EFTStream, November 9, London

🇬🇧 Freetrade Sees Assets Under Administration Hit £1bn - Altfi, November 3, London

🇬🇧 Quilter Outlines Plans To Launch Hybrid Advice Offering - Money Marketing, November 3, London

🇬🇧 Virgin Money To ‘fully’ Automate Mortgages By 2024 - FT, November 4, Newcastle

🇬🇧 FNZ To Acquire Germany's Fondsdepot Bank - Finextra, November 8, Edinburgh

🇦🇪 Wealthface Launches Trading Platform In Middle East And USA - Finance Feeds, November 1, Abu Dhabi

🇬🇧 Citywire Fintech Forum - Citywire, November 30, London

🌍 Financial Planning Invest Connect - Invest Connect, November 15, Virtual

🇬🇧 FIMA Europe - FIMA, November 16-17, London

🇸🇬 Singapore Fintech Festival - Singapore Fintech Festival, November 8-12, Singapore

Reports, Surveys, & Awards

🇺🇸 Wealthtech Market To Witness Huge Growth By 2026: Aixigo,Calastone, Delio - Digital Journal, November 5, New Jersey

🇳🇬 Wealthtech Solutions Market To Grow Extensively At Unstoppable Rate | Investcloud, Wealthfront, Blackrock - Spotlineng, November 8, Abuja

🇮🇪 Worldwide Wealth Management Market 2021: Increasing Number Of HNWIs Demanding Highly Customised Solutions - Pr Newswire, November 8, Dublin

🇺🇸 Wealth Apps Raised A Record $4 Billion In 2021 As Entrepreneurs Tap Into The Booming European Appetite For Investing Over Saving - Business Insider, November 2, New York

🇬🇧 Exploring Asia’s Digital Wealth Ascent - Altfi, November 5, London

Partnerships, Deals, Movers

🇩🇪 Bita Raises €6m Series A From ETFS Capital For Next Generation Index Customisation - Altfi, November 9, Frankfurt

🇺🇸 Google Cloud Goes Deep Into Financial Services With $1 Billion CME Deal - Fortune, November 4, California

🇿🇦 MFS Africa Collects $100m To Expand Its Digital Payments Gateway Across The Region - Techcrunch, November 10, Johannesburg

🇸🇬 Crypto Trading Platform Ascendex Raises $50m From Backers Including Alameda Research - Coindesk, November 3, Singapore

🇬🇧 Open Money Teams Up With Co-Op Credit Union To Offer Digital Advice - Money Marketing, November 1, Manchester

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