| Date | Title | Description |
| 21.04.2026 | FCA Announces Second Cohort for AI Live Testing | The FCA has confirmed the second cohort of companies selected to join its AI Live Testing programme.
Eight new firms, including Barclays, Experian, Lloyds Banking Group (Scottish Widows), and UBS, have been chosen by the regulator to live t... |
| 21.04.2026 | Lloyds Pilots AI Finance Guidance Tool | Lloyds Banking Group has introduces an AI tool to aid customers in their investment decisions in a UK first, despite varying opinions on how AI should be regulated in the financial services sector.
The tool will be piloted with a small grou... |
| 02.04.2026 | ESG is still undermining fiduciary duty | Donald Trump may have forced many banks and asset managers to drop the term ESG, but trendy diversity and net zero requirements are still very much alive, and they’re undermining your property rights, says James Graham
For some years, the t... |
| 16.03.2026 | Bank of England: We can’t eliminate bias in AI | A top boss at the Bank of England has warned the use of artificial intelligence programs will never be bias-free and instead users must be aware of the risk.
Jem Davis, chief compliance officer at the Bank of England, said: “My view is you’... |
| 26.01.2026 | Financial Regulation Innovation Lab Grant Winners Revealed | The Financial Regulation Innovation Lab (FRIL) today announced the four fintechs selected to receive grants through its latest Future of Wealth Innovation Call, delivered by FinTech Scotland in partnership with SuperTech WM.
The six-week pr... |
| 22.01.2026 | UK Financial System: Navigating AI's Unchecked Risks | UK financial watchdogs face intense criticism. Lawmakers assert the nation's financial system is unprepared for significant AI risks. Financial institutions widely embrace artificial intelligence, introducing new vulnerabilities. Critical t... |
| 20.01.2026 | UK financial system exposed to ‘serious harm’ from AI risks | The Treasury, the financial watchdog and the Bank of England have been handed a stiff warning that the nation’s financial system is not adequately prepared for an AI shock.
A group of influential MPs sat on the Treasury Select Committee too... |
| 29.12.2025 | UK investors plan to boost portfolios in 2026 | Nearly two-thirds (62 per cent) of investors with at least £100,000 in assets plan to increase the amounts they put away in 2026 despite market uncertainties, a survey indicates.
More than a fifth (23 per cent) said they will look to bolste... |
| 05.12.2025 | UK Watchdog Creates AI 'Safe Space' for Financial Firms | The FCA is launching an "AI Live Testing" initiative. This gives firms a safe place to test AI. The goal: understand benefits and risks. This aims to foster innovation while safeguarding consumers.
The UK's Financial Conduct Autho... |
| 03.12.2025 | FCA launches ‘safe space’ for AI as City firms rush to deploy new tech | The City’s top regulator has opened the doors to its first-ever ‘AI live testing‘ scheme, giving major financial firms a controlled environment to trial AI without fear of tripping regulatory wires.
NatWest, Monzo, Santander, Scottish Widow... |
| 03.12.2025 | Could our daughters close the growing gender pension gap? | The gender pension gap is growing. Could our digital-savvy daughters close it, asks Scottish Widows pensions expert Jill Henderson
This marks the 21st year of the Scottish Widows Women and Retirement report and I’m lucky enough to have been... |
| 03.12.2025 | FCA Works with Major Firms on AI Safety | The Financial Conduct Authority is working with major UK finance firms, from NatWest to Monzo, to test AI in a safe place to better understand its potential benefits and risks.
The AI Live Testing initiative is the first of its kind in the ... |
| 09.10.2025 | Lloyds banking group acquires remaining stake in Schroders personal wealth | Lloyds Banking Group has completed the full acquisition of Schroders’ personal wealth arm, six years after the establishment of the unit.
Lloyds acquired the remaining 49.9 per cent of Schroders Personal Wealth (SPW) from the asset manager,... |
| 15.09.2025 | Brits risk financial future as they fail to save for retirement | UK savers are failing to put enough money away to fund retirement, despite growing calls from industry figures for people to get to grips with their pension savings.
According to the latest report from Lloyds subsidiary Scottish Widows, nea... |
| 23.07.2025 | Rachel Reeves’ matchmaker moment | Finance bros and gals are often seen oozing confidence as they strut their stuff around the streets of the City of London, imagining they’re the main characters on hit show Industry.
But it would be a mistake to assume these investor strate... |
| 14.07.2025 | The best investors are getting left behind - I'm talking about you ladies! The best investors are often women. I'm not just saying that to beat the feminist drum - this fact has been well-documented o... | A long-term timeframe and less frequent trading. This risk-averse approach is the secret sauce for success when it comes to producing strong returns over time, and this is where female investors shine. Angel veteran Sherry Coutu turned a ca... |
| 07.07.2025 | Scottish Widows owner: Pension funds deal risks making UK like China | Labour’s flagship deal with pension funds risks making the UK economy more like China, the boss of Lloyds Banking Group has warned after its subsidiary Scottish Widows chose not to sign up to the agreement.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves won the ... |
| 30.06.2025 | City watchdog takes on advice gap to unlock growth | The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a new form of financial help dubbed ‘targeted support’ in a bid to encourage greater consumer participation in financial markets and unlock more investment-led growth.
The City regulator wi... |
| 25.06.2025 | CNBC’s UK Exchange newsletter: The U.K.’s pension shake-up is facing pushback | The U.K. government wants major defined contribution scheme providers to invest 10% of their workplace portfolios in private markets by 2030, with at least 5% ring-fenced for U.K. assets.
It is planning a “backstop provision” allowing it to... |
| 19.06.2025 | Blow to London Stock Exchange as Scottish Widows plots huge selloff | The London Stock Exchange has been dealt another hammer blow after it emerged one of the UK’s biggest pension funds plans to massively cut its allocation for UK equities.
The Edinburgh-based business, which manages as much as £72bn in pensi... |
| 14.05.2025 | The Shifting Sands of UK Banking and Investment | The UK financial landscape is in flux. Major players are recalibrating their strategies, navigating a complex web of mergers, acquisitions, and investment commitments. Santander's recent rejection of NatWest's £11 billion bid for its UK ret... |
| 13.05.2025 | Pension funds sign Mansion House Accord in £50bn boost to UK | The UK economy could be about to receive a £50bn cash injection after Britain’s biggest pension funds pledged to redirect resources into private markets in a major policy shift.
The voluntary, non-binding agreement by the funds, dubbed the ... |
| 13.05.2025 | Scottish Widows abandons Mansion House pension funds agreement | One of the UK’s largest pension funds has ditched a key agreement seen as crucial to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ push to drive growth.
Scottish Widows has not signed up to the second iteration of the Mansion House Compact, despite having thro... |
| 27.03.2025 | High street giants facing shareholder revolt over low wages | Investor groups and City giants have teamed up to target high street giants Next, M&S and JD Sports with shareholder resolutions over their low wages.
Seven institutional investors managing over £1 trillion in assets have joined the cam... |
| 12.02.2025 | UK savers back AI on pensions, but ‘not as a substitute for humans’ | - |
| 04.02.2025 | Over-complicated pensions are wasting UK growth potential | - |
| 17.01.2025 | Pensions industry hopes mini-reshuffle could ‘revive’ auto-enrolment debate | - |
| 30.05.2024 | UK’s Zenobe bags €482M to deploy over 2,000 electric bus vehicles throughout the UK and Ireland by 2026 | Read this article in:
London-based Zenobe, an EV fleet and battery storage specialist, announced on Wednesday the completion of a £410M (approximately €482M) funding in debt.
The banks and institutions providing support for Zenobē’s green E... |
| 08.04.2024 | The Notebook: Scottish Widows’ Jackie Leiper on closing the pension gap | Where the City’s best and brightest get a few things off their chest. Today, Jackie Leiper, managing director at Scottish Widows, takes the Notebook pen
When I first dipped a toe into the world of finance at the tender age of 17, I never fo... |
