Financial advisory firm Dow Schofield Watts, which has a wealth planning division run by a Chartered Financial Planner, has expanded with the acquisition of a Lancashire-based HNW client tax specialist STS Europe.

Ludlow Wealth Management, a subsidiary of wealth manager and SIPP provider Mattioli Woods, has acquired Blackpool-based Opus Wealth Management Limited in a deal potentially worth more than £1.4m.

Major Swedish wealth manager Söderberg & Partners has acquired a majority stake in a London IFA firm and taken minority stakes in two other UK advisers as part of its expansion drive in the UK.

Fast-growing wealth manager and Financial Planner Perspective has made three new acquisitions, adding £250m in AUM and boosting its total number of adviser firm takeovers so far this year to 15.