Transact is to cut some of its charges in April with annual commission charges and buy commission charges both reduced.

Fast-growing Chartered Financial Planner Fairstone has acquired South Wales-based UskVale Financial Planning for an undisclosed sum.

Global private equity firm Bain Capital, the owner of esure and other financial businesses, is to acquire the savings, retirement and protection business of mutual insurer LV= for £530m.

Private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners has acquired the £8bn Novia adviser platform, its third platform acquisition in 12 months.

Private equity firm Aquiline Capital Partners and fintech Allfunds have pulled out of the bidding race for adviser platform Nucleus.

Financial adviser network and wealth manager Tavistock Investments has postponed a general meeting planned to approve a boost to the earnings of senior executives.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Kingswood has recruited Schroders Personal Wealth’s chief commercial officer David Lawrence to be its new UK chief executive for wealth management.

Wealth manager WH Ireland has acquired Henley-on-Thames Chartered Financial Planner Harpsden Wealth Management.

Expanding Chartered Financial Planning firm Equilibrium has shown confidence in the future by taking a 15 year lease on a new HQ office building for its 89 staff.

Standard Life Aberdeen is expected to make an announcement on the future of its Parmenion platform, one of three it owns, this week.