Fund manager and wealth manager M&G is to acquire the national IFA firm Continuum (Financial Services) for an undisclosed sum.

Financial Planners have mostly welcomed the FCA's new Consumer Duty but one leading Financial Planner has shared concerns about how the new rules will be enforced.

Three in four Financial Planners (71%) expect the demand for wealth transfer advice to increase in the next three years, according to a new report.

M&G Wealth is to add its PruFund Planet range of ESG-focused multi-asset funds as an advised investment choice on its own M&G Wealth Platform (formerly Ascentric) for the first time.