August to October saw another quarter of significant growth with 48,000 activity/ mentions (a 17% increase vs the previous quarter) across the cohort of wealth management Brands included in this research. Wider UK industry activity/mentions grew by 8% for the quarter (off a much larger sample base
Read more →St James’s Place, adviser networks including Sesame, Openwork, and Intrinsic, and Hargreaves Lansdown are set to emerge as the winners in the changing distribution landscape, according to research from Barclays. In an analysts note, Barclays argues large advice firms and platforms are set to succeed post-RDR as
Read more →St James’s Place (SJP) once again exceeded expectations with another round of bumper results in Q3, and many are tipping further growth as the firm exploits a growing ‘advice gap’. The restricted advisory firm continued its upward ascent in the third quarter with £1 billion net inflows, bringing
Read more →UK Retail Investment Industry Social Media Insights Once again the time has come for the production of Fishtank’s latest Quarterly Social Media Intelligence report for the UK Investment Management industry. As we work our way through our detailed ‘Listening’ criteria and review preliminary results, already there is
Read more →A Schroders’ equities fund has bought about a £135m stake in St James’s Place, after Lloyds Banking Group said it planned to reduce its ownership in the wealth manager. Lloyds said yesterday it had employed Bank of America Merrill Lynch to sell down a roughly 20% stake in St James’s Place, which
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