A financial advisory group has bought four firms for £10.5m, it has revealed this afternoon.

Simon Chamberlain, founder of Succession Group, gives his views on advisers and acquisitions in an exclusive column for Financial Planning Today magazine.

A Buckinghamshire-based wealth manager specialising in advice to schools has been snapped up in a takeover deal worth over £5 million.

National advisory firm consolidator Succession is planning a ‘robo-advice-style’ service which will add human intervention to review any investment decisions.