Mathias Marta Edinburgh-based global investment manager Standard Life Investments has added to its Multi-Asset Investing (MAI) Structuring team with the appointment of Mathias Marta as a quantitative investment director.
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Glasgow has the highest concentration of wealthy individuals by value of all the cities in Scotland, ahead of Edinburgh and Aberdeen, according to new analysis of the fortunes of the 100 individuals and families who make up the 2017 Sunday Times Scottish Rich List, published last week.
Martyn Gilbey Martyn Gilbey, who left Aberdeen Asset Management earlier this month where he was head of U.K. distribution, has joined American global investment firm Franklin Templeton as its UK country head.
Claire Armstrong Scottish law firm Maclay Murray & Spens earlier this month saw the bell ring at the London Stock Exchange for the IPO of Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust raising more than £55 million.
Bruce Cartwright The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland has announced that former PwC Corporate Restructuring Partner Bruce Cartwright CA has been appointed as its executive director for policy leadership.
David Smith Legal firms with five or more partners have had a third year of growth across the sector and experienced significant income growth rates of between 8 per cent and 20 per cent, fuelled by mergers and the volume of corporate transactions, according to Scottish accountants Henderson Loggieâ
Royal Bank of Scotland and Deloitte have joined forces in a collaborative project, led by RBS subsidiary Ulster Bank, known as Project GreenPay, which is exploring the application of RBS developed Blockchain technology to improve domestic payments systems.
A healthy level of residential sales and local buyer activity in Stirlingshire has been reported during the first three months of 2017.
Liz Cameron With three weeks to go until the UK General Election, one of the most important issues for Scottish businesses will be the next Government’s approach to taxation, according to the Scottish Chambers of Commerce.
Scotland experienced a 6 per cent surge in visitors from overseas in 2016, new figures have revealed.
Antonio Horta-Osario Lloyds Banking Group chief executive Antonio Horta-Osorio has bought £36,000 worth of shares just a day after the government confirmed that it had sold its final stake in the bank which received a £20 billion taxpayer bailout in the financial crash.
The next UK Government should lower the cost of doing business while offering fresh help for the self-employed, according to a poll of Scottish business owners.
Simon Moffatt School leavers in Scotland could be missing out on potential apprenticeship opportunities because they mistakenly believe that most jobs available to them are in so called ‘traditional’ gender specific roles, new research by insurer Prudential shows.
191 West George Street Commercial property consultant Ryden has issued its latest detailed analysis of the Scottish Property market.
Sally Nash Sally Nash is a senior associate at Gilson Gray, discusses how the latest record-breaking divorce case in England would be treated north of the border.