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Ross McLauchlan Glasgow-based accountancy firm Wylie & Bisset LLP has been named as a finalist in the Large Accountancy Firm of the Year category at the prestigious Scottish Accountancy and Finance Awards.

Keith Skeoch Edinburgh-based insurer Standard Life confirmed yesterday that it has filed an application with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) as part of the process of seeking regulatory and antitrust approvals for its proposed £3.8 billion takeover of Aberdeen Asset Management (AAM).

Scott Henderson Edinburgh-based R&D tax relief specialist, Jumpstart, has announced a new partnership deal with EEF as part of its Advantages programme.

Yvette Nunn The Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) has warned that Scottish people living abroad risk paying the wrong amount of tax on UK-earned income.

A financial intelligence platform spearheading the agenda of sustainable and inclusive finance has announced that it will convene the second edition of its Global Ethical Finance Forum (GEFF) on September 13th and 14th in Edinburgh.

The Amazon Academy event in Edinburgh today will see experts from Enterprise Nation, Scottish Enterprise, Scottish Development International, Entrepreneurial Spark, Women’s Enterprise Scotland, ScotlandIS, and the CBI work alongside Amazon to help hundreds of Scottish businesses learn how to harne

Irvine Spowart, Sandy Manson (CEO), Iain Castles, Rosalind Catto, Scott Jeffrey, Ryan Diplexcito, Gavin Young, Emma Waterman and Andrew Shepherd (Chairman). Accountancy and Business Advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has expanded its leadership team with seven new promotions as part of the firm’s g

2016 was a record-breaking year of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Scotland, according to the latest annual survey into FDI attractiveness published today by EY.

Gordon Duncan Lockton, the world’s largest privately owned insurance broker, is bolstering its presence in Scotland with the launch of a new office in Aberdeen.

The High Court The trial of Royal Bank of Scotland and its former bosses over what they knew about the financial health of the bank prior to a 2008 rights issue and its subsequent £45 billion taxpayer bailout has been adjourned for 24 hours as a last minute settlement was being sought.

Dianne Paterson Dianne Paterson, a Partner at Edinburgh-based law firm Russel + Aitken LLP, looks at the shifting sands of inheritance rules and what the future holds for the swelling "wealth mountain" of more than £400 billion held by today's ageing population.

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.

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.