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National advice firm Fairstone has acquired Market Deeping-based IFA Zimb Johnson Bespoke Financial Planning, adding £135m to its assets under management (AUM).

Awards recognise firms that can showcase 'strong, transparent structures and procedures'

Plans 9,000 cuts by end of 2017

The firms merged in February

Richard Howells to leave provider

Group retains liabilities for now-sold-off advisory unit Towergate Financial

A former director of the Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) has joined adviser support services provider SimplyBiz in a senior management role.

The number of financial advisers operating in the UK has increased 5% in the last year as the industry edges closer to pre-Retail Distribution Review (RDR) levels, according to the latest data.

More than 120 firms, people or products vying for 20 important awards...

The chief executive of Old Mutual Wealth's adviser network Intrinsic, Richard Freeman, is to step down.