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Big Four changes

EY looking at private equity push ahead of audit reform

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EY is being investigated over the collapse of Thomas Cook Big Four accountancy and advisory firm EY is making a big push into private equity as it reshapes the businessRead More

Big Four firm pursued

KPMG targeted over audit of Goals Soccer Centres

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Keith Rogers: co-founder KPMG is at the centre of another auditing controversy after it emerged it is facing possible legal action over its auditing of Goals Soccer Centres. The EastRead More

Bank expanding

TSB creating 100 Edinburgh jobs at new technology centre

More customers, but this branch in Edinburgh has now closed (pic: Terry Murden) TSB is to open a 100-jobs IT centre in Edinburgh as it presses ahead with the transitionRead More

Change at top

ASI global equities chief quits for family reasons

Stephen Docherty: ‘class act’ Aberdeen Standard Investments has moved quickly to replace its head of global equities after Stephen Docherty decided to step down after 25 years for personal reasons.Read More

As revenue hits record...

Sharp rise in profits for broker Bruce Stevenson

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Edward Bruce and Mark Dallas Bruce Stevenson, Scotland’s largest independent insurance broker, has reported a sharp recovery in operating profit on record revenue for year to the end of August.Read More

Return to growth

Optimism in financial services at highest since mid-2015

Standard Life Aberdeen
Investment management is growing (pic: Terry Murden) Financial services firms are at their most optimistic for more than four years, in spite of uncertainty around the UK’s imminent withdrawal fromRead More

Boost for customers

RBS reopening bank branch under NatWest brand

NatWest George St
Back in business: the branch in George St (pic: Terry Murden) Royal Bank of Scotland, which has closed hundreds of branches across the UK, is reopening a former branch inRead More

Senior promotion

Mathieson to head up insurance at Aberdeen Standard Investments

Aileen Mathieson
Aileeen Mathieson: strategic roles Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has appointed Aileen Mathieson as global head of insurance following the retirement of Stephen Acheson at the end of December following 37Read More

Bank's office plans

Barclays to consolidate into strategic campuses across UK

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Going up: the Glasgow campus is under way (pic: Terry Murden) Barclays is planning to consolidate its office footprint across the UK into giant hubs in large cities, according toRead More

Mandate switched

Aberdeen Standard Investments takes over Phoenix fund

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ASI is new manager (pic: Terry Murden) Pensions consolidator Phoenix has replaced Architas with Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) to manage one of its biggest mandates. The switch of manager ofRead More