Chartered Financial Planning firm Fairstone has seen its client base rise to 59,000 – a 5% increase over the past six months – with three firms joining its Downstream Buy Out (DBO) programme and a further four being fully acquired by the business.

Tenet has completed its first practice buyout in Scotland, with the acquisition of Forth Financial Services Limited, based in Haddington, near Edinburgh.

Financial Planner and wealth manager Blacktower Financial Management International has officially agreed the transition of the assets and personnel of international financial manager, PWS Group.

London-based financial services firm Octopus Group has agreed a deal to acquire Seccl Technology Limited as it sets out to “disrupt the platform technology market that underpins retail financial services”.