Nationwide Building Society is to buy Virgin Money for £2.9bn to create a combined business serving 22.6m customers.

Chartered Financial Planning-based wealth manager Fairstone is planning to increase its number of acquisitions this year after acquiring or part acquiring 24 firms over the past 12 months.

Wealth manager Waverton is to merge with rival London & Capital to form a £17bn AUM wealth management business.

Expanding Financial Planner and wealth manager MKC Wealth has acquired London-based Financial Planning Firm Wealth for Women for an undisclosed sum.

Virgin Money is to buy Abrdn’s 50% stake in their joint venture called Virgin Money Investments.

The number of Certified Financial Planner professional worldwide rose by 5.1% in 2023 to reach an all time record of 223,770.

Financial Planning firm Ascot Lloyd is searching for a new CEO to replace Nigel Stockton who is planning to stand down after running the business for eight years.

Chartered Financial Planning firm Craven Street Wealth has signed a deal to acquire Punter Southall’s Financial Planning division in a deal which will boost Craven's AUM by £600m to £1.8bn.

Major Swedish wealth manager Söderberg & Partners has taken a “significant” minority stake in expanding Bath-based Chartered Financial Planner Fidelius as it continues its UK expansion drive.

Fast-growing wealth manager and Financial Planner Perspective Financial Group completed two more acquisitions shortly before the Christmas break, adding £190m AUM to the firm.