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Edinburgh-based financial planners Nucleus Financial has partnered with financial planning community NextGen Planners to present "illuminate live reimagined", a series of live online events held over the next four weeks. The format of Illuminate live events has been reworked for 2020, with the

Sandy Begbie CBE has been appointed as the new chief executive of Scottish Financial Enterprise.  Mr Begbie will join SFE on October 1 and work alongside current chief executive Graeme Jones, who is retiring at the end of this year after five years in the role, during a three-month handove

Edinburgh-based financial planners Nucleus Financial has launched a white paper in collaboration with behavioural insights firm Be-IQ to enable advisers to learn more about how clients make financial decisions and how firms can apply these insights to the financial planning process. Written by

Edinburgh-based financial services company Nucleus Financial Group has grown its assets under administration (AUA) despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on market volatility.  The firm's AUA, which stood at £15.8 billion as at 30 June 2020, was up 13.1% on the previous

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided Dumfries-based Currie European Transport Ltd with a £9 million funding package to support the re-finance of the transport and storage solutions group. 

Graeme Jones, the chief executive of Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE), has announced that he will be retiring from the role at the end of this year, following five years at the helm of the representative body. Since joining SFE in January 2016, Mr Jones has overseen the development and imple

McCrea Financial Services has appointed Veronica Thomas and Chris Bain as the firm's newest independent financial advisors.  Ms Thomas and Mr Bain have will take up their new roles at the Glasgow-based firm today.

Xenith Financial Consulting Limited, an Aberdeen based accountancy firm founded by Scottish Woman in Finance 2019, Kimberley Oliver, has launched a new business intelligence (BI) service line to allow their clients to unlock the power of their data. The new service will provide clients with bespoke

Edinburgh-based financial services company Nucleus Financial Group has announced that it will suspend its final dividend due to the economic uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic.  The firm made the announcement as it issued its final full year audited results. 

RSM’s Market Stress Index has recorded its steepest and most protracted spike in negative sentiment since the metric was introduced, as COVID-19 fears intensify. The index, which measures financial and economic stress or risk since the UK’s departure from the EU, has shot up in the past

Edinburgh-based financial services company Nucleus Financial Group has announced that it will defer the publication of its audited results for the year ended 31 December 2019 on 24 March 2020 following the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) request for delay issued yesterday.  Yester

Hillington-based fintech company Beeks Financial Cloud has outlined its plans for growth after posting a 46% increase in first half profits. The company made an underlying profit of £0.6 million in the six months to December 31, an increase of 46% in the same period of the year before. Similar

Moneybarn, the car financing arm of Provident Financial, is facing a £2.8 million fine from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

Edinburgh-based financial services company Nucleus Financial Group has posted positive results in its Q4 2019 Assets Under Administration (AUA) update. In the three months to 31 December 2019, Nucleus has seen its AUA increased by 16.3% to reach £16.1 billion. This is a 2.8% increase over the

Scottish companies considering a listing will hear from a panel of experts on how it can work best for their business at an IPO dinner hosted by Pinsent Masons and EY. Gordon McArthur, chief executive of fintech company Beeks Financial Cloud Group, which floated in 2017, and corporate finance expert