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Penny Group website

Penny Group acquires £350m AUM Berks adviser

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21 November 2025
  • mergers
  • Chartered Financial Planner of the Year Award
  • Harridge Financial Services

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

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WH Ireland website

Director of troubled WH Ireland quits 2 months early

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05 November 2025
  • WH Ireland
  • mergers
  • Simon Moore
  • Gary Stran

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.

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Acquisitions White Paper from AFH

A third of advisers want to sell up – survey

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13 October 2025
  • Alan Hudson
  • white paper
  • mergers
  • AFH Wealth Management
  • Acquisitions in the IFA sector
  • Goodman Lantern

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

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Fairstone group MD Russell Bignall (centre) with (left) Michael Crisp and (right) Ben Allen of Allen Tomas & Co

Fairstone acquires £120m AUM East Anglia adviser firm

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01 October 2025
  • East Anglia
  • Fairstone Group
  • mergers
  • Allen Tomas & Co

Financial Planning-focused wealth manager Fairstone has boosted its footprint in East Anglia with the acquisition of a Norfolk-based Financial Planning firm.

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Jon Stevenson of Pareto

K3 takes stakes in 2 advisers as it launches new division

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20 August 2025
  • Pareto
  • mergers
  • K3CapitalGroup
  • Luna

Bolton-based business advisory platform K3 Capital Group has launched a financial services division built around significant new investments in Pareto Financial Planning and Luna Investment Management.

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New Shackleton logo

Shackleton buys £900m AUM South West Planner Chetwood

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03 July 2025
  • Paul Feeney
  • mergers
  • Shackleton
  • Chetwood

Expanding Financial Planner Shackleton has acquired South West-based Financial Planning and wealth management group Chetwood, adding £900m in AUM to its assets.

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Editor Kevin O'Donnell

Editor’s Comment: Time to halt 'anti-social' social media

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06 June 2025
  • FCA
  • Editors blog
  • Odonnellblog
  • mergers
  • social media influencers

Today the FCA announced it was spearheading a global crackdown on rogue social media influencers. About time many will say.

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Editor Kevin O'Donnell

Editor’s Comment: A business merger or a shotgun wedding?

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30 May 2025
  • Mattioli Woods
  • Editors blog
  • Odonnellblog
  • Kingswood
  • Pollen Street Capital
  • mergers

 

One of the big Financial Planning stories of the week was the merger announced of two of the more significant players in the wealth management / Financial Planning space: Mattioli Woods and Kingswood.

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Saltus website

Saltus buys £400m AUM Herts Financial Planner

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23 May 2025
  • mergers
  • Saltus
  • Delta Financial Management

Financial Planner and wealth manager Saltus has acquired £400m AUM Herts-based Financial Planning firm Delta Financial Management.

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Westerby Investment Management website

Westerby snaps up pension and IFA firm Redswan

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11 April 2025
  • Employee Ownership Trust
  • EOT
  • mergers
  • Westerby Group
  • Redswan

Wealth adviser and pensions firm Westerby Group - which recently moved to an employee-ownership model - has acquired specialist pension provider and IFA firm Redswan.

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