Scotland

Kames Capital's CEO Martin Davis warned the Scottish independence debate will be much closer than anticipated, resulting in wide and long lasting ramifications for the UK and Europe.

Financial services companies will find it "impossible" to remain in an independent Scotland even if it adopted sterling outside of a currency union, George Osborne has warned.

An independent Scotland would face a "capital flight" if it did not retain the pound, according to analysts at Deutsche Bank.

Aberdeen Asset Management plans to keep its headquarters in Scotland regardless of the outcome of this year's independence vote, its chief executive has announced.

RBS could suffer a "material adverse effect" should Scots vote for independence in September this year, the Edinburgh-headquartered bank has warned.

Kames Capital is expanding its property management team with two new hires after launching its first ever Property Investment Authorised Fund (PAIF) last month.

Scotland's banking sector could suffer an Icelandic-style crisis if the vote for independence is approved, Standard & Poor's has warned.

An independent Scotland would be forced to write the rest of the UK a £143bn IOU for national debt, according to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR).

BlackRock has outlined several major challenges facing the UK financial sector if Scotland votes for independence on 18 September.

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