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Sue Dawe EY has signed the HM Treasury’s Women in Finance Charter, which aims to drive diversity in the financial service industry.

Jamie Partridge, Graeme Jones, CEO of SFE, and Kent Mackenzie Scotland’s burgeoning financial technology (FinTech) scene is to be the focus of a new strategic partnership between business advisory firm Deloitte and industry body Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE).

Frank Morton Aberdeen-based Anderson Anderson & Brown Wealth Limited (AAB Wealth) has announced the appointment of Frank Morton as director of wealth services.

Kenneth McEwen Scottish accountancy firm Henderson Loggie has appointed Kenneth McEwen to lead the firm’s specialist property and construction sector group.

Independent SME funder, Bibby Financial Services has appointed Scottish Chartered Accountant Mary Sharp as commercial director – north and Joanna Cashmore as head of sales for Scotland as it looks to significantly grow its business north of the border. UK Commercial Director, Edward Winterton said

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its annual Business Plan outlining seven priority themes of pensions, financial crime and anti-money laundering, wholesale financial markets, advice, innovation and technology, firms’ culture and governance, and the treatment of existing customer

David Hughes 1825, Standard Life’s wholly-owned financial planning business, has established a Scottish regional office with the announcement today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Munro Partnership Limited with assets under advice of over £600 million.

Scottish Widows is among six life insurance firms now being investigated by the Financial Conduct Authority after it raised concerns that some long-standing customers may not have been told when charges were applied. Edinburgh-based Widows is included in the group named by the City watchdog along wi

Edinburgh-based Dunedin has bought an £80m stake in fellow private equity house Alpha, consultants to top financial services firms including Axa and Barclays Wealth. The company was sold by mid-market rival Baird, which had bought a majority stake in Alpha for £28m in 2013.

The Financial Reporting Council’s Conduct Committee has today instructed its Executive Counsel to launch a fresh preliminary investigation into the conduct of KPMG in its role as auditor of HBOS prior to the group's collapse and subsequent £25 billion taxpayer bailout. The probe will invoke the F

Jason King Royal Bank of Scotland has today announced that Jason King will be joining its Williams & Glyn spin-off bank next year in the role of marketing director.

Asset managers are planning to raise spending to combat future cyber attacks, according to analysis from the latest CBI/PwC financial services survey. The asset management sector focus reveals that despite business volumes falling at their sharpest rate since March 2009, firms have clear investment

Scottish accountancy practice French Duncan has rebranded its wealth management arm from French Duncan Financial Services Ltd to French Duncan Wealth Management to "better reflect its style of practice and changes in the way that financial services are delivered". Zane Hunter, Managing Director of F

David Ferguson Edinburgh-based financial “wrap” provider, Nucleus, has this week posted its best-ever first-half results, with operating profit swelling by 140 per cent year-on-year to reach £2.4 million.

The head of Deloitte in Scotland wants to set up a digital hub to help the accountancy firm’s clients across the UK make better use of online technology. Steve Williams, who started in the role in March this year, hopes to start work on the venture shortly and build up a team of software engineers