M&A

Standard Life's Karen Robertson and M&G's Aled Smith have both entered Chelsea Financial Services' infamous 'Relegation Zone'.

Brooks Macdonald Asset Management has agreed to purchase the investment management activities of national law firm Clarke Willmott in a deal worth up to £6m.

Rupert Murdoch's takeover of BSkyB appeared to be dead in the water last night after proof emerged that executives at his British newspaper empire mounted a cover-up of the full scale of alleged criminal wrongdoing at the News of the World.

Foster Denovo has agreed a deal to acquire the IFA business of independent Lloyds brokerage firm John Holman & Sons.

David Hesketh, group M&A manager at Perspective Financial Group, unravels the myths about what happens to clients, staff and stakeholders after a business has been acquired.