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Aviva is trading near 52-week highs ahead of its first-half results, as all eyes are on chief executive Amanda Blanc following its multi-billion pound turnaround. Analysts are expecting profits for the first half of the year to rise by roughly 17.5% year-on-year to £1.3 billion.  A s

Seraphim Space is set to launch its own exchange-traded fund (ETF) dedicated to space technology. The asset manager registered Seraphim New Space Ucits ETF with the Central Bank of Ireland last week, it has been reported. It will launch its ETF via white-label issuer HANetf.

The Society of Pension Professionals has warned that millions risk a retirement shortfall because UK policy treats pensions and housing separately. The paper, titled Home Truths: Rethinking Retirement Wealth, highlights a critical structural mismatch in the UK economy.

Private equity firm WestBridge and investment management firm Foresight Group relied on a high-profile slate of corporate finance, legal and transaction advisors to close its acquisition of a majority stake in financial advisor Beckett Investment Management. WestBridge was advised on the transaction

Scottish margins are being squeezed as rapid growth in employment and wages clashes with weakening pricing power, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland Growth Tracker. Scotland was the only nation in the UK outside of Northern Ireland to record payroll growth in July with employment rising

Ownership of investment trusts in the UK has fallen to a five-year low despite growth in the UK's DIY investing market, according to Boring Money's research. It found that around 9% of UK investors own an investment trust - the lowest level since Boring Money began collecting its data in 2021.

Interpath have been appointed as the joint administrators for Strathmore Hotels after it fell into administration. Alistair McAlinden and James Dewar stated that the companies will continue to trade as they review options for the business moving forward and they confirmed that all 410 employees will

Aberdeen Adviser has selected LegadoSign to secure all of its digital signing across its customer onboarding documents. The Edinburgh-based tech company signed a multi-year partnership with the FNZ to integrate its technology into FNZ's global wealth management platform last year. As part of th

Scotland generated a record £98.3 billion in revenue during 2025-26: an annual increase of £6.3 billion (6.9%), according to the Scottish Government. The revenue per person in Scotland at £17,718 was similar to the UK average of £17,720 in the same year, when revenue from the

Legal & General has strengthened its board with the appointment Kirsty Cooper CBE as an independent non-executive director. Ms Cooper will stand down as a director of Scottish Widows on October 31 before taking her new role as group remuneration and group enterprise transformation committees &nb

AJ Bell has updated its logo in a bid to reinforce its "feel good investing" campaign. The investment platform confirmed it will keep its brand name the same, but will be launching a new logo that will feature a bell as the front graphic with a new font and colour palette from September 5 on its dir

The ongoing war in Iran is pushing up borrowing costs for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and could prove the final nail in the coffin for some businesses, a sector specialist has warned. Mark Barrie, Head of debt advisory at accountancy firm Azets, believes the war, which began in February, is

Royal London has identified seven funds needing improvement in its latest Assessment of Value (AoV) report after a "demanding" year for investors. The Edinburgh-based asset manager highlighted that seven of its 40 funds were "flagged for review", five funds had "a potential issue", and two of the fu

Continuum founder Martin Brown has announced he will retire and step down from his role as managing partner at Continuum at the end of August after more than a decade leading the firm. Mr Brown, who has spent more than 30 years in the advice sector, founded Continuum in 2014 with a vision to create

  Politicians have written to the chief executives at every major bank in the UK, demanding explanations regarding their restrictive policies toward cryptocurrency and digital asset firms.