DFM

Adds £400m to funds under management

Regulator 'encouraged' by adviser firms' response but fears potential for bias remains in some firms

CISI-IFP merger is 'biggest opportunity'

Aberdeen Asset Management is to acquire discretionary fund manager and platform Parmenion.

National advice firm Lighthouse Group has entered an 'affinity' contract with the Association Of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), gaining it access to 170,000 prospective new clients.

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Chartered financial planning firm and consolidator Attivo has acquired the client banks of a further four IFA businesses, taking the total to five in 2015 and putting the business on target for 12 by year end.

Advisory firm Saunderson House is planning to launch a discretionary service later this year in a bid to broaden its investment offering.

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