Scotland’s asset management industry is harnessing AI, data, and university partnerships to drive innovation and efficiency. With Edinburgh managing over £500bn in assets, leaders aim to double assets under management to £1 trillion by 2030, cementing Scotland’s position as a global financial hub.

Edinburgh and Glasgow have boosted their positions as leading global financial centres, according to the latest Z/Yen Global Financial Centres Index, the leading measure of international financial centres.

SFE alongside the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) have signed an agreement to build stronger links between financial services and fintech sectors in the two countries.

Roland Inglis and Andrew Wilson are to be appointed to the board of Scottish Financial Enterprise, following a competitive process and bring extensive experience in industry and across Scottish public life to the SFE board.

Global technology consultancy Synechron has stepped up its partnership with Scottish Financial Enterprise after selecting Scotland as a new hub for business growth and innovation.  

We recently launched a new investment summit beginning next year alongside The City of London Corporation which will provide Scotland with a unique platform to showcase our key strengths in areas such as financial and professional services, green energy, life sciences and space as well as the attractiveness of doing business here in Scotland.

With the dust settled on last week’s budget and as we look towards the upcoming Scottish budget, Sandy takes stock of the what this budget means for business in The Times.

Scottish Financial Enterprise has published the results of a new tax and competitiveness survey, offering insight into how senior leaders in the sector see Scotland’s competitiveness.

SFE Chief Executive Sandy Begbie CBE FRSE is in New York for Tartan Week this week, as part of a delegation including politicians and business leaders representing Scotland at the annual city-wide event celebrating close ties between New York and Scotland.

Scottish financial services industry reports major strategic progress as industry leaders meet to discuss continued growth and collaboration

Read our response to the Chancellor’s budget statement here.

Our new Ways of Working report with CMS launches today and includes a range of insights on the latest trends and patterns in hybrid-working across Scotland’s financial and related professional services industry.

First Minister Humza Yousaf will travel to London this week to take part in a number of events in partnership with the City of London Corporation, including agreeing an enhanced framework to promote Scotland and London as centres of excellence for financial services.

Scottish Financial Enterprise were pleased to add our name to the following open letter, urging the Scottish Government to prioritise economic growth and ensure Scotland remains an attractive place to live, work and invest.

In this interview in The Herald Scotland Business HQ Magazine, our Chief Executive, Sandy Begbie discusses the aims and ambitions of our new sector growth strategy and why we believe Scotland's financial services industry has all the ingredients for sustainable, inclusive growth that can benefit everyone in Scotland.

Our Chief Executive Sandy Begbie spoke with Matt Bendoris at The Sun about our campaign to work with our banking and fintech members, regulators and Financial Inclusion for Scotland to offer basic bank accounts to everyone in Scotland.

Our Chief Executive, Sandy Begbie CBE FRSE, Chief Executive, comments on the Chancelor’s 2023 Autumn Statement.

TheCityUK’s report, ‘Exporting from across Britain 2023’ provides analysis of the latest available data (2021) on financial and related professional services industry exports broken down by regions and nations across Great Britain.

The latest report saw financial and related professional services exports from Scotland increase by 3.1% year on year in 2021, exporting £9.2bn of these services.

SFE alongside other Scottish business representative groups and industry bodies have jointly written to the Scottish Government’s Deputy First Minister and Finance Secretary asking to freeze the business rate in the coming financial year.