Our latest member update which provides insight on recent progress with our sector growth strategy and 'From Scotland to the World' prospectus, as well as a political outlook update as we head towards the upcoming UK general election.

Full update below: members.sfe.org.uk/articles/6617b…

New research from reformscotland on how Scotland's university funding model is holding back many students.

It's time for a conversation about the sustainability of our university funding model and we support the call for a commission to take forward.

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Exciting news as SFE member Adam & Co is making a return to Glasgow following Canaccord Genuity Group’s recent acquisition of Intelligent Capital, marking the beginning of a new wealth management powerhouse in Glasgow.

Find out more via The Scotsman: scotsman.com/business/forme…

New York's Tartan Week celebrates the long-standing connections between our two countries 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸

Scottish Financial Enterprise's Sandy Begbie CBE highlights some of the historic connections between Scottish and US financial institutions👇

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'We want New York to know that we are open for business.'

Sandy Begbie CBE in today's Scottish Business Insider.

Read the full piece here: insider.co.uk/news/tartan-we…

.Sandy Begbie CBE is in New York City this week as part of a delegation including business leaders and politicians representing Scotland at the annual Tartan Week celebrations.

Read about his trip here: sfe.org.uk/news-database/…

We're delighted to invite SFE members to our upcoming event in partnership with CMS Scotland and Hymans Robertson LLP focused on pensions, policy and patient capital.

Find out more about what the session will cover and be sure to sign up below.

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For our next Gender Equality Network event, we’re heading to HSBC UK's offices at Edinburgh Park to discuss returning to work after a long period of time off, specifically focusing on returning to work after maternity or paternity leave.

Sign up now:
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Rachel Kennedy will be leaving SFE later this month as she has secured a fantastic new opportunity with SFE member Synechron as its new Client Account Manager.

With this news, we’re now hiring for a new Events Manager. Find out more and apply here:

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Following her recent keynote at our Journey to Net Zero Summit Dr Sarah Birrell Ivory, Senior Lecturer in Executive Education at The University of Edinburgh makes the case for a Duty of Care and a Duty of Hope in Scotland’s financial services industry.

Read Sarah’s blog here: sfe.org.uk/news-database/…

In this article, Rob Benson of Grant Thornton UK assesses the themes, trends and challenges for the insurance industry and provides insight into how firms can utilise them to improve their processes.
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Our latest member CENSIS are trusted, independent advisers who partner with private industry and the public sector to fast-track the development of new products and services, helping companies adopt existing technologies to generate overall gains.

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We are excited to announce that the Scottish Financial Services Awards, sponsored by EY UKI, will be returning this year on 31 October at Hilton Glasgow.

Visit our website and book your tables now.

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There was a real buzz around the room last night as we hosted our Edinburgh Spring Reception at Pinsent Masons’ office.

A huge thank you to John Maciver and the team at Pinsent Masons for facilitating the reception and to Chris Hayward for delivering his insightful speech.

Insightful Consumer Duty Roundtable with Valentia Partners last night, focusing on the priorities for consumer duty pre and post July 2024.

Find out more about Valentia Partners' Consumer Duty approach and Readiness Assessments here:

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This morning we provided another one of our ‘What is SFE?’ sessions, providing insight into SFE and SFE YP’s purpose, initiatives and events that are coming up as well as how our members can get involved and extract as much value from their membership as possible.

Our latest Spotlight on Higher Education blog comes from Supta Das of EY UKI who provides insight into her Graduate Apprenticeship in IT management at Heriot-Watt University and how it helped her develop the key skills she needed to navigate the world of work.

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