Bristol-based wealth manager and Financial Planning firm Clifton Wealth Partnership has acquired two more Financial Planning firms for undisclosed amounts.

Wealth manager Brooks Macdonald has reported full-year net outflows of £0.4bn for the year ended 30 June.

Chartered Financial Planning firm Unividual has been acquired by 7IM subsidiary Lync Wealth Management for an undisclosed sum.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Autumn Budget will take place on Wednesday 26 November, later than many expected.

Fund and wealth manager M&G has reported £2.1bn in net inflows from new business in the first half - a significant bounce back from the £1.1bn of net outflows seen in the first half last year.

The CISI’s head of Financial Planning Sally Plant is leaving the body after just under five years to join the rival LIBF professional body in a senior role.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has declared Greenhill (Life & Pensions) Ltd (FRN: 126761), of Beaconsfield, Bucks, as failed.

Cross-border Financial Planning specialist Skybound Wealth has launched a proprietary lifestyle and cashflow modelling engine called MoneyMap.

The Pensions Management Institute (PMI) and the Society of Pension Professionals (SPP) have today issued a united call for improvements to the Pension Schemes Bill. 

Octopus Investments has appointed Erin Platts as chief executive, subject to regulatory approval from the FCA.