Acquisitive Financial Planning firm Progeny has acquired Yorkshire-based Financial Planning firm JM Glendinning Financial Services.

The advice profession must heed the messages coming from the COP26 conference on climate change, say a number of leading Financial Planners.

US-based private equity firm Further Global Capital Management is to acquire a majority stake in expanding Financial Planner Progeny for an undisclosed sum, a move which may accelerate Progeny's expansion. 

Expanding Financial Planning firm Progeny has pledged to place ESG at the heart of its business and will aim ensure that all its investment managers undertake ESG qualifications.