Regulatory change could lead to another surge in M&A in the SIPP market despite the number of Planners advising on them falling, according to Financial Planners.

Evelyn Partners has signed a deal for the staff and clients of Glasgow-based wealth manager and Financial Planner PPM Wealth to join Evelyn. 

Recruitment firm BWD has launched a mergers and acquisitions service - BWD M&A - aimed at finance advice businesses.

For as long as I’ve been writing about Financial Planning, several decades now, people have been fretting about the 'fact' that the average age of a Financial Planner is 105 (ok a slight exaggeration) and many planners are ready to quit, leaving an empty shell of a profession.