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Antonio Lorenzo Scottish Widows has selected investment giant Blackrock to manage £30 billion of assets in index strategies, following the review by Scottish Widows and Lloyds Banking Group’s wealth business of their asset management arrangements.

David Watt The Institute of Directors (IoD) in Scotland has announced that David Watt will step down as its executive director next April, The Herald reports.

Douglas Cameron Wealth manager Brewin Dolphin has insisted that ISAs remain important despite the number of ISA accounts in the UK dropping to a near-two-decade low.

Pictured (l-r): John Fordyce, founder at Borders Distillery; Malcolm Offord, chairman of Badenoch & Co; and Adam Hardie, partner and head of food and drink at Johnston Carmichael A potent cocktail of gin and funding advice was served up to guests attending Scottish accountancy and business advis

Former Muirfield Contracts chairman John Stodart has been disqualified as a director after he was found to have taken more than £880,000 from the company as it faced financial ruin.

David Duffy CYBG, owners of Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank, have completed a £1.7 billion acquisition of Virgin Money, creating the sixth biggest bank in the UK.

Barry O’Dwyer Standard Life has announced a new partnership with Endometriosis UK, the first in a series of partnerships aimed at highlighting the needs of people living with an invisible illness.

17-year-old Katie Hall Grant Thornton has reported a nearly 50 per cent increase in applications for its school leavers programme in Scotland, following a drive to increase social mobility and broaden the appeal of accountancy as a career option.

Jamie MacKenzie EY has announced the appointment of Jamie MacKenzie as head of pensions covenant advisory for Scotland.

The owner of Patisserie Valerie has today said the that its finance director Chris Marsh has been arrested and then released on bail in relation to the discovery of a black hole of £20 million or more the firm’s accounts.

Susan McInnes ABI The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has today announced Susan McInnes, CEO of Standard Life Assurance Limited (SLAL) and director of open business at Phoenix Group, as the new chair of its Long-Term Savings Committee.

Ross McEwan Royal Bank of Scotland has today made a dividend payment to its ordinary shareholders of 2 pence per share - its first dividend payment in a decade.

Weatherbys Private Bank has secured a lease for a building that doubles the size of its presence in Edinburgh.

House of Fraser today vowed to create the 'Harrods of the North' - after announcing a £95 million deal to acquire the freehold of the iconic Frasers building in Glasgow.

Jim Robertson A new report by Scotland’s leading tax and accountancy bodies is today recommending that more is done to improve public understanding and awareness of Scotland’s devolved tax powers, after the findings of a poll commissioned by the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) for the Sco