Chartered Financial Planner Craven Street Wealth has completed its acquisition of Punter Southall Aspire’s Financial Planning division which was announced in January.

Private equity investor Pollen Street Capital is to acquire SIPPs and Financial Planning firm Mattioli Woods in a £432m deal announced today.

Nationwide Building Society is to buy Virgin Money for £2.9bn to create a combined business serving 22.6m customers.

Chartered Financial Planning-based wealth manager Fairstone is planning to increase its number of acquisitions this year after acquiring or part acquiring 24 firms over the past 12 months.