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Anderson Strathern Asset Management, the financial planning and investment business wholly owned by Scottish legal firm Anderson Strathern LLP, has hired Graham Clark from Adam & Company as its new chief executive. Mr Clark was a director at Adam & Company and its head of financial planning.

DBS has launched a hybrid human-robo investment service to offer customers in Singapore financial advice.

Barclays' Corporate Banking team has made strong strides in the first half of the financial year 2019 with 5% growth in its loan book and 15 new deals in the local market in Scotland. The total value of the deals in the period from 1 April to 30 September saw Barclays achieving double-digit income g

MPs have criticised the level of IT failures at banks and have argued that financial levies on firms and more regulation may be needed.

Several Irish companies which deal in foreign currency are putting themselves at financial risk due to a lack of appropriate hedging in their organisations, according to the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Ireland.

North east firm Phil Anderson Financial Services has taken the honours as winner of the Best Firm Scotland category at the NatWest Intermediary Solutions Local Hero Mortgage Awards. The winners of the inaugural awards were revealed at the Town Hall in Birmingham last week.

The banking industry has agreed to explore a Code of Practice, which would provide a framework for banks to support victims of financial abuse.

A Glasgow tech firm has produced a new app that could revolutionise the consumer credit rating game by assessing not only traditional data but also a candidate’s spending habits.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme, which pays out for claims against banks, building societies, credit unions and insurance, investment and home finance firms, has announced its funding for the new financial year. The financial services industry funds the compensation through a levy to FSCS

Interface Financial Group, the spot factoring company, it to expand its presence in Scotland as demand from SMEs for alternative finance to bank lending continues to grow. IFG, which purchases invoices from firms to help them ease cash flow, is looking to appoint a franchisee in Glasgow in amove tha

The Gleneagles Hotel has seen a near £1 million rise in profits for the financial year prior to its hosting of the Ryder Cup. Latest annual accounts for the iconic golf location filed at Companies House show turnover rose 12 per cent from £38.8m to £43.6m in the 12 months to June 30, 2014.

The latest complaints data published by the Financial Conduct Authority(FCA) has shown financial services firms received 2,183,540 new complaints (including those related to PPI) between July and December 2014. Overall complaints decreased by 7 per cent compared to the previous six months and by 12

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has urged pension providers to do more to ensure customers with older pension products receive good value, after finding many legacy schemes compare poorly with newer offerings.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published reforms to its Audit Enforcement Procedure (AEP), modernising its regulatory toolkit. The announcement forms part of the FRC’s broader move to a more integrated, end-to-end regulatory approach, aligning supervisory, investigatory and enforcem

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched an expansion of its innovation programme, inviting audit firms and listed companies to work directly with the regulator on adopting new technology, simplifying corporate reporting and cutting unnecessary burdens. Three initiatives, developed through