We are pleased to announce former cabinet minister Amber Rudd as the host of the 2024 Scottish Financial Services Awards, sponsored by EY.

Brodies LLP set out the key challenges for the FCA in effectively implementing Consumer Duty, in a helpful blog for all financial services firms navigating the changes.

To mark Origo’s 35 year anniversary, Chief Executive and SFE board member, Anthony Rafferty has written a blog outlining how the fintech has managed to navigate challenges and opportunities over the years with examples of Origo’s technologies that have helped change the market.

The Scottish Taskforce for Green and Sustainable Financial Services have released a new report which makes 31 recommendations on how the public and private sectors can encourage and fund green investments and tackle the climate emergency. Read the full report here.

Scotland’s two largest cities have improved their position in the latest edition of the internationally recognised Z-Yen Global Financial Centres Index.

In our latest insight blog, Ryan Cox Global Head of AI at Synechron breaks down the complementary role that generative AI can play to improve human decision making at an organisational level.

In our latest insight blog, Margaret Johnson discusses how Morgan Stanley became the first Scottish based financial services company to receive platinum standard status from Investors in Young People Scotland

The annual Scottish Financial Services Awards, sponsored by EY, are the industry-wide celebration recognising the contribution that firms and individuals have made to the sector and to wider society.

The latest research from TheCityUK shows how Scotland’s financial and related professional services industry is a critical driving force of jobs and economic growth across the nation.

Writing in The Times, our Chief Executive Sandy Begbie discusses Scotland’s global brand and the role of our cities and infrastructure in attracting inward investment. Read the full piece here.

In our latest insight blog, Jonathan Brill Chief Executive at Eduvate highlights the important role that collaboration will play in tackling financial inclusion here in Scotland as well as key ways in which the financial services industry can support in order to reduce the financial inclusion gap.

SFE welcomes shift in tone and new ideas, but delivery is key, and business will be closely watching to see whether warm words are met with action.

SFE YP are delighted to present our latest blog written by the Mental Health & Wellbeing Workstream which provides insight into the topic of movement in the workplace as well as the effects of this on our mental & physical wellbeing.

The Scottish Financial Enterprise Young Professionals Network (SFE YP) is looking to fill a number of Workstream Contributor Roles.

SFE Chief Executive and Developing the Young Workforce Chair Sandy Begbie calls on employers to embrace the #NoWrongPath campaign and discusses the different options available to all young people as they look to their future.

In our latest insight blog Sawn Hyams analyses the FCA’s recent Consumer Duty event, pinpointing the themes that the FCA are likely to be looking at in their supervisory activity with firms over the next year or so.

Fionn Travers-Smith, Financial Inclusion Manager at Phoenix Group has written our latest insight blog outlining the purpose of the firms new Funding Future’s Programme and how you can get involved.

Sue Dawe has been appointed as chair of Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) with immediate effect. She brings over 35 years’ experience to the role and currently leads EY’s Financial Services Practice in Scotland.

Heriot-Watt University has announced a strategic collaboration with J.P. Morgan for the provision of multiple Graduate Apprenticeship positions, based in Edinburgh, a positive step in addressing the pressing demand for generating new talent for Scotland’s financial services sector.

Following this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week, Steven Shepherd from our Mental Health & Wellbeing workstream reflected on a workstream event from earlier in 2024 that focussed on how we can all begin to factor small habits into our busy lives that will have a big impact on our health and happiness.