Apogee Wealth Management, a Cheshire-based Chartered Financial Planner wealth firm, has bought local IFA Premier Financial Planning UK for an undisclosed sum.

Ipswich-based Chartered Financial Planner firm SG Wealth Management have moved to new offices in their home town - a historic 16th century building.

IFA network Tenet has acquired two of its member financial advisory firms in Mansfield to create a new hub in Nottinghamshire with £25m under management.

The Personal Finance Society has warned regulators and government that advisers are ditching pension transfer advice due to soaring professional indemnity premiums.

Almost half of UK adults (48%) are shunning financial advisers despite 88% of advised clients saying they were financially prepared for retirement.

Acquisitive Financial Planning-led wealth manager AFH has bought the client book of Midlands IFA firm Groom Associatates in a deal worth up to £615,000.

The independent Financial Services Consumer Panel, which advises the FCA, has announced three new members.

Tracey Davidson has been appointed chairman of investment manager Heartwood from today and will also assume the new role of deputy CEO of Handelsbanken, Heartwood’s parent company.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Brewin Dolphin has completed the takeover of the wealth arm of Investec Group in the Republic of Ireland for just under £40m net.

The Financial Planning Standards Board Ltd (FPSB), the global body for Certified Financial Planner certification, has appointed UK compliance consultant and lawyer Adam Samuel as one of two new directors.