IFA consolidation business AFH has bought Clarendon Financial Solutions for £461,000.
Newcastle Building Society chief executive Jim Willens has been appointed chairman of Brown Shipley.
Tavistock Investments has bought IFA Sutcliffe Solloway Financial Planning and its parent Cornerstone Asset Holdings.
Restricted network Sesame has said it will no longer offer an appointed representative (AR) option for investment advisers.
Investec Wealth & Investment is to launch an online simplified advice service later this year and has appointed Jane Warren to oversee the launch.
Wealth management firms are facing more serious consequences from a failure to meet suitability requirements as the regulator puts practices under fresh scrutiny.
Swiss private bank Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) has agreed a deal to buy the international arm of Coutts from the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Old Mutual Wealth has hired Openwork's chief executive Mary-Anne McIntyre as chief distribution officer.
Changes to regulatory authorisation procedures is to affect the acquisition-led strategy of wealth firm consolidator AFH Financial, the company has said.
Towry has increased its offer for Ashcourt Rowan to £120m, a move which is understood to have been prompted by rival bidders circling the firm.