How much do you remember about some of this week's key stories?

Will Old Mutual Wealth have any use for the independent advisers it has acquired as part of its deal to buy Intrinsic?

Is time running out for advisers looking to dip their toe in execution only?

Prudential UK has struck a deal with technology provider IRESS to use its XPlan wealth management platform for its 300-adviser restricted advice proposition.

Private equity firm Permira has announced plans to combine Tilney, Deutsche Bank's regional wealth management business, and Bestinvest in order to form a standalone wealth manager with about £9bn of assets under management.

Skandia is working in conjunction with IFAs on a service which will enable advisory clients to use its platform directly in order to top up ISA holdings.

Henry Brennan finds out what the D2C price war could mean for market sustainabilty

Aviva anticipates its platform will have achieved profitability by the start of 2016 and has set a target of £6bn in assets under management by the end of this year.

Are some platforms indirectly in competition with their adviser clients?

St James's Place (SJP) is nearing the acquisition of one of the largest privately-owned IFA firms in the Asia region, in what its chief executive said could represent the first of several moves into expatriate jurisdictions.