Wealth manager M&A in 2022 soared to £137bn in terms of assets under management acquired - a near 60% rise on 2021 (£87bn).

Wimbledon-based Chartered Financial Planning firm Holborn Financial has acquired the business of retiring IFA Gary Cook, principal of Gary Cook Financial Services of Maidstone, Kent.

SIPP provider and wealth manager Mattioli Woods has acquired Northern Ireland Financial Planner Doherty Pension & Investment Consultancy for £15.048m. 

Major global accountancy firm Moore Kingston Smith LLP has acquired Devon-based education specialist Financial Planner Pilot Financial.