Quilter Financial Planning, the Financial Planning arm of wealth manager Quilter, has added eight appointed representative firms to its advice network.

The Treasury is to consult on plans to introduce a tougher regulatory regime for 34,000 appointed reps.

Quilter Financial Planning has appointed a further five appointed representative (AR) firms to its advice network since September.

The number of appointed representatives continued to fall in 2024/25, according to the latest data from the Financial Conduct Authority.

Quilter Financial Planning, the advice network of wealth manager Quilter, has signed up four new appointed representative firms.

The FCA says standards of regulatory practice among appointed representatives (ARs) are improving but there is “more to do.”