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MissionSquare Retirement, a Washington, D.C.-based retirement plan product provider focused on government employees, is expanding its personal wealth management services. The firm will offer brokerage accounts (including individual retirement accounts and taxable accounts), as well as a robo-advisor that supports IRAs and taxable, non-qualified investment accounts. MissionSquare manages and administers over $73.6 billion in assets,…

TMG Mortgage Network has added Handelsbanken to its lender panel. The addition of Handelsbanken will provide TMG advisers with access to the bank’s relationship-led mortgage proposition and UK branch network. TMG Mortgage Network head of club and partner strategy Danny Belton says: “We believe this partnership will add significant value for advisers working with self-employed…

Aldermore Bank has reported £10.4bn in gross property lending for the year ending June 2026, up from £8.7bn the year before. It said its property finance division was its “primary driver of growth”, reflecting growth in specialist buy to let (BTL) and its acquisition of Octane Capital, which added £500m in bespoke bridging, refurbishment…

Workers used to want higher salaries and flexibility, but now they’re chasing a sense of safety

Key insight: Bankers in the U.S. can learn a few things from watching the rollout of the EU’s new AI Act. Specifically, they should notice the gaping hole where rules about identity verification ought to be. What’s at stake: The banking industry has spent years building systems around the idea that someone’s voice, and/or face,…

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