Platform firm Nucleus is set to buy SIPP and SSAS provider Curtis Banks for £242m in an agreed cash offer.

There are more changes at the top at adviser platform Nucleus as it appoints two new independent non-executive directors (NEDs) to its board.

Platform and SIPP firm James Hay has appointed former LV= group CEO Richard Rowney as its new chief executive to replace Alastair Conway.

Richard Rowney, chief executive of mutual provider LV=, is to step down as chief executive and a member of the board at the end of the year.