The £432m private equity acquisition of SIPPs and Financial Planning firm Mattioli Woods has moved ahead this week with over 95% of shareholders voting in favour.

Acquisitive fintech and adviser support services firm Fintel, the owner of SimplyBiz and Defaqto, has acquired financial services event firm Owen James Events for up to £2.3m.

Wealth management platform provider GBST has bought cloud-based Financial Planning software platform Advice Intelligence for an undisclosed amount.

Wealth management platform provider GBST has acquired fintech WealthConnect for an undisclosed sum.