London-headquartered fund manager Janus Henderson Group is to be sold to two private equity firms in a £5.5bn cash deal steered by US billionaire investor Nelson Peltz.

The management buy out (MBO) of Global Pension Corporation (GPC), formerly known as SIPP and SSAS provider STM Group, has been completed today, the firm has said.

Wealth manager Utmost Group has sold its Utmost Life and Pensions (ULP) arm to JAB Insurance.

Perspective Financial Group has completed its largest acquisition to date with a deal to buy Midlands-based £400m AUM Prosser Knowles Associates Ltd.

Financial Planning firm Finli Group has struck deals to acquire three advice firms as it notches up a total of 21 acquisitions so far this year.

Expanding national Financial Planning firm Wren Sterling has completed its planned acquisition of Evans Hart, an established £900m AUM South East financial adviser firm serving 2,450 clients in London and the South East.

Aberdeen Investments has struck a deal to take over the management of nine closed ended funds worth £1.5bn from long established US fund manager MFS.

London-based Chartered Financial Planner The Penny Group has acquired a  majority stake in £360m AUM Berkshire financial adviser Harridge Financial Services.

Gary Stran, a non-executive director at troubled wealth manager and Financial Planner WH Ireland, has quit the company today (5 November), two months ahead of his planned departure. The company’s chair Simon Moore may also depart early.

Nearly a third of financial advisers (30%) want to sell their firms, according to a survey.