Canaccord Genuity Group, the Canadian-owned wealth manager expanding in the UK, is to acquire £900m AUM London and Cambridge Chartered Financial Planner Cantab Asset Management.

Investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) has rejected a £5bn takeover bid from a private equity consortium.

MKC Wealth, the expanding wealth manager, has acquired Dartford-based Gibson Lamb and Mulberry Financial of Macclesfield for undisclosed sums.

Cheshire-headquartered Financial Planner Foresight Wealth Group has acquired £120m AUM local advice firm Cassons Financial Planning.