Independent Wealth Planners, the acquisitive wealth business, has bought its seventh business and its first in Scotland, Financial Planner AGL Wealth Management.

Financial services consultancy the lang cat has launched Platform Analyser, an online tool for financial advisers to “simplify” the investment platform selection process.

The Office for National Statistics says that the pace of improvement in life expectancy has slowed considerably in the last few years.

Wealth manager St James’s Place has acquired the Scottish financial adviser firm Policy Services Ltd, a long-standing admin supplier to the company, for an undisclosed sum.