“Building on this position, our plan is to accelerate the group’s growth through continued focus on our proven proposition and targeting some select new geographies. We really do want to put clear blue water between ourselves and some of our peers.”
In January, Fairstone bought two advice firms, East2west Financial Services in Nairn and Brantwood Financial Planning in Huddersfield, adding £250mn to its funds under management.
In November last year, Fairstone bought Northern Ireland-based Fairstone NI, adding Fum in excess of £150mn.
A month prior to that, the group bought Chadney Bulgin, adding Fum in excess of £850mn and bringing an additional 11,000 wealth and mortgage clients into the group.
sonia.rach@ft.com
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