Wealth manager and Financial Planner Brown Shipley, part of Quintet Private Bank, has recruited experienced planner Michelle Coulson as a client director for its London office.

1825, Standard Life’s wholly owned Financial Planning and advice business, has revealed that it will acquire the wealth advisory unit of Grant Thornton UK LLP.

Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA) is set to buy Grant Thornton’s Financial Planning and wealth management arm, according to reports.

Grant Thornton has appointed a new head of Financial Planning to its London offices.