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Despite an easing of some negative effects, risk appetite among the Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) of the UK’s largest businesses remains subdued following the EU referendum, according to Deloitte’s latest CFO Survey.

Edinburgh-based Baillie Gifford’s Japan Trust has posted a strong set of results for the last financial year on the back of an appreciating yen and depreciating pound.

The UK has positioned itself as a world-leading hub in emerging FinTech (financial technology) but the potential regulatory and business challenges posed by Brexit risks ceding ground to America and Asia Pacific rivals, says a new report from Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in Scotla

Claire Middlebrook The owner of a Scottish insolvency firm is aiming to use a new financial technology and the power of social media to provide a “fairer crack of the whip” for unsecured creditors to recoup their money in the event of a liquidation.

The majority (86 per cent) of UK Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) are driven to reach the top role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in their current organisation, reveals new research from leading recruitment agency Robert Half UK.

Global financial services firm PwC has reported a second consecutive year of double digit UK revenue growth.

Nigel Anderson A North-east financial firm has added to its team and its geographical reach by appointing a new financial advisor.

Daniel Broby Scotland’s financial sector needs to accelerate its adoption of technology to avoid a future banking crisis, experts at Strathclyde Business School have warned.

Police Scotland has named financial consultant David Page in a newly-created role that makes him the most senior civilian in its history in order to deliver a “sustainable operating model”.

Royal Bank of Scotland is to charge major financial institutions for cash it holds on their behalf for trading purposes, in a move which other banks seem sure to follow. The move follows the decision by the governor of the Bank of England on 4 August to cut interest rates from 0.5 per cent to 0.25 p

A former Scottish restaurateur has been barred from becoming a director of any UK company for eight years for failing to keep adequate financial records – after running up debts of almost half a million pounds. The disqualification follows an investigation by the Insolvency Service into the busine

Philip Rodney Scots law firm Burness Paull has reported an increase in annual turnover for the financial year ending 31 July 2016, up 3.9 per cent to £53.3 million from £51.3 million the previous year. The firm recorded a profit of £22.6 million, down 3.4 per cent from £23.4 million in 2015, cit

Liz Cameron Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has today outlined details of the financial measures the Scottish Government is to take in order to support and stimulate the nation’s economy in the wake of Britain’s vote to leave the EU.

Graeme Jones Scottish Financial Enterprise, the trade body that represents the nation’s financial service industry, has welcomed news that the European Securities and Markets Authority could be set to put in place provisions that would allow UK investment managers to operate in EU markets post-Bre

Martin Gilbert CEO of Aberdeen Asset Management has raised questions over why so few chief financial officers are female. Speaking ahead of a diversity forum at the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open, Mr Gilbert highlighted that despite 60 per cent of the intake into the accountancy prof