Fast-expanding wealth manager and Financial Planner Titan Wealth is reported to be putting together a deal to take over rival private Financial Planning firm Independent Wealth Planners (IWP), which has £6bn AUM.

Two-fifths of self-employed people – 41% – are risking an uncertain retirement because they are failing to pay into a personal pension, according to new data from investment platform CMC Invest.

Retirement planning specialist Chris Haigh has joined national financial advice firm Continuum as a Chartered Financial Planner.