Ludlow Wealth Management, a subsidiary of wealth manager and SIPP provider Mattioli Woods, has acquired Blackpool-based Opus Wealth Management Limited in a deal potentially worth more than £1.4m.

Major Swedish wealth manager Söderberg & Partners has acquired a majority stake in a London IFA firm and taken minority stakes in two other UK advisers as part of its expansion drive in the UK.

Fast-growing wealth manager and Financial Planner Perspective has made three new acquisitions, adding £250m in AUM and boosting its total number of adviser firm takeovers so far this year to 15.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Evelyn Partners has completed its takeover of City of London-based Dart Capital, a boutique wealth manager with £750m in assets under management and 19 staff.