The Treasury Committee, the influential House of Commons group of MPs, has backed the appointment of new FCA chair Ashely Alder who will take over at the FCA from February.

Financial Planning firm Furnley House, the financial services arm of Superbia Group, has acquired Nottingham-based adviser firm CDG Financial Services Ltd.

Chartered Financial Planner Fairstone has acquired Devon IFA firm Sabre Financial, adding £200m in Funds Under Management to the group.

Fast-growing wealth manager and Financial Planner Kingswood has acquired Berks-based Financial Planner Barry Fleming & Partners for £6.2m.

Acquisitive Financial Planning firm Perspective Financial Group has made its 12th acquisition of 2022 with a deal to buy £115m AUM Staffs IFA firm Hunter & Co.

SSAS firm Westbridge Group has added three new hires following the announcement of its acquisition of failed pension firm Rowanmoor’s SSAS business.

Verso Wealth Management has acquired Heritage Independent Financial Advisers and IEP Financial Limited today for undisclosed sums.

Six in ten (59%) investors with over £500,000 in investable assets are concerned about the threat of recession and the damage high inflation will do to their portfolios, according to a new report.

Adviser platform Transact is to reduce its buy commission exemption threshold from £200,000 to £100,000 from 1 March.

CPI inflation dropped back to 10.7% in November - from 11.1% in October - as petrol prices fell.