Advisory & Brokerage

Howden acquires Apex Insurance New Zealand to build Pacific broking operation

Howden has completed its acquisition of Apex Insurance New Zealand and its associated subsidiaries, as it looks to form a leading broking operation in...

Howden’s Aston Lark acquires insurance broker Curtis Marine

Howden-owned Aston Lark has announced the acquisition of Curtis Marine, a Plymouth-based marine insurance broker.

Newfront launch new tool to streamline workflows

Insurance brokerage firm Newfront has introduced a powerful tool designed to streamline workflows and manage complex employee benefit programmes.

Scottish FinTech Know-it to expand into Australia in 2024

Scottish FinTech Know-it has revealed it will enter the Australian market in 2024, as part of its global expansion strategy. 
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Advice and client engagement platform Lumiant secures $3.5m

Lumiant, an advice and client engagement platform, has raised $3.5m in seed funding to support its US expansion and platform enhancements.
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Asset-Map lands $6m to support financial professionals

Asset-Map, a premier financial advice engagement experience for financial professionals, has raised $6m in Series B funding.
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Federal prosecutors seize nearly $700m in assets from FTX founder

Federal prosecutors have reportedly seized around $700m in assets from FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, as part of an ongoing court case.
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Wealth management firm FNZ acquires Germany’s Fondsdepot Bank

Global wealth management platform FNZ has acquired Fondsdepot Bank, a German platform for trading and custody.
WealthTech Envestnet offers $500m in convertible notes

WealthTech Envestnet offers $500m in convertible notes

Envestnet, a developer of technology and systems for wealth management and financial wellness, has priced an offering of $500m in convertible notes.
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Savvy collects $11m as it modernises human financial advice

Savvy, which is on a mission to modernise human financial advice through technology, has collected $11m for its Series A-1 funding round.

News Stories

Over $600m was raised across 14 deals this week

It was another slow week for FinTech deals as the end of 2026 edges closer.  A total of $602m was raised across 14 FinTech deals...
KYCP adds API4ALL to sharpen corporate due diligence

KYCP adds API4ALL to sharpen corporate due diligence

Compliance teams facing growing pressure to uncover who really sits behind a corporate client now have another tool at their disposal. According to KYCP,...
Compliance gets faster but firms trust it less, CUBE finds

Compliance gets faster but firms trust it less, CUBE finds

Financial institutions are processing regulatory change at a much faster pace than a year ago, but their belief that this work is actually effective...

Zing365: Insurance broking must map out career paths

Zing365, an InsurTech-focused learning and development specialist, has called on insurance brokers to set out defined career routes, organised training and mentoring if they...
Agentcard secures $8m to let AI agents shop online

Agentcard secures $8m to let AI agents shop online

Agentcard, a payments firm that lets AI agents make purchases using their users’ own cards, has closed an $8m seed funding round to help...

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