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With over 300 years of financial success

Edinburgh - a leading centre for banking and fintech

59,000 Financial and professional services jobs

Edinburgh, one of the UK’s leading hubs for finance, enjoys a strong reputation worldwide, as a longstanding and resilient financial centre, with deep expertise. Financial services and insurance constitute more than half of the city's exports – £3.7bn – and the talent pool of experienced financial services workers is exceptional – over 75% of jobs in financial services are high skilled.

Its established history of banking means that the city is home to the headquarters of major international banks. It is also a significant European centre of asset management and asset servicing, and is home to one of world’s largest asset managers – abrdn - with more than £500bn assets under management.

Globally renowned Baillie Gifford is also based in the city, holding over £200bn in assets under management and managing money for more than half of the world’s 20 biggest pension funds. In addition, Edinburgh has established strengths in management consultancy and legal services.

Edinburgh, and Scotland more widely, is at the forefront of sustainable investment – bringing together pools of capital under management with innovative approaches to investment in ESG-compatible propositions and products. It is also a thriving fintech hub. In 2022, fintechs in Scotland received over £305m in funding supporting their growth and development representing an increase of over 200% on the previous year.

£147m Foreign direct investment in financial services between 2018 and 2022

An attractive prospect for investors, foreign direct investment in financial and professional services of £147m in Edinburgh between 2018-22 resulted in an additional 1,192 financial services jobs in the city.

A leading centre for fintech

A pipeline of talent fed from excellent universities, developed financial and tech clusters and access to capital make Edinburgh a thriving fintech hub.

300+ years of financial services

With a long history of excellence in banking, asset management, insurance - Edinburgh is a well-established and resilient financial centre

Partner story: abrdn

Partner story: Burness Paull LLP

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