Wealth manager M&A in 2022 soared to £137bn in terms of assets under management acquired - a near 60% rise on 2021 (£87bn).

Wimbledon-based Chartered Financial Planning firm Holborn Financial has acquired the business of retiring IFA Gary Cook, principal of Gary Cook Financial Services of Maidstone, Kent.

SIPP provider and wealth manager Mattioli Woods has acquired Northern Ireland Financial Planner Doherty Pension & Investment Consultancy for £15.048m. 

Major global accountancy firm Moore Kingston Smith LLP has acquired Devon-based education specialist Financial Planner Pilot Financial.

Rathbones and Investec’s Wealth & Investment UK division are to merge to create a discretionary wealth manager with £100bn in Funds Under Management.

Wealth manager and professional services group Evelyn Partners has acquired Ashcroft Partnership LLP in Cambridge.

Bristol-based wealth manager Clifton Asset Management has acquired West Midlands Chartered Financial Planner firm GB Financial Services.

Fast growing Chartered Financial Planning firm Progeny has appointed a new UK managing director as it plots international growth.

Nexus Independent Financial Advisors Limited and Nexus Investment Managers Limited have been sold for a total of £500,000 following restrictions placed on the firm’s activities by the FCA.

Fast growing wealth manager and Financial Planner Perspective Group has acquired three financial advice firms, adding a total of £515m in Assets Under Management.