Star quality: How one IFA built a celeb-heavy client list

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Laura Miller
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What do Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, Sting and Roland Rat all have in common? Answer - IFA Gareth Marr. Here he tells Laura Miller how professional connections brought in the big names

Veteran IFA Gareth Marr started out in a similar way to many other advisers but after a 30-year career, his client list has a touch more star quality than the average professional. He started out in 1984, founding his own business of Marr & Bradley. Over the years he has also headed up Moores Marr Bradley, Advisory & Brokerage Services, and national IFA Origen. He founded his last business, The Red House Consulting, in 2007, from which he has just announced his retirement after a ten-year battle with throat cancer. Numerous IFA careers have followed a similar trajectory but, unlike...

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