Ludlow Wealth Management, a subsidiary of wealth manager and SIPP provider Mattioli Woods, has acquired £80m AUM Glasgow Financial Planner Ferguson Financial Management in a deal worth up to £1.2m.

Fast-growing wealth manager and Financial Planner Kingswood has made its second acquisition this week with a deal to buy Smythe and Walter, a Financial Planning firm based in Faversham, Kent.

Fast-growing Chartered Financial Planner Fairstone has acquired South Wales-based UskVale Financial Planning for an undisclosed sum.

SIPP provider Curtis Banks has received the go ahead from the FCA to complete its acquisition of rival Talbot and Muir.