Simon Chamberlain - his final interview

‘Clients want peace of mind’

Julian Marr
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Shortly before his untimely death at the age of 51, Succession Group CEO Simon Chamberlain gave an interview to Professional Adviser and, after consulting with his family, we now publish his thoughts on the UK's financial advice sector

Simon Chamberlain played a major part in shaping the financial advice sector as it stands today. A founding partner of J Rothschild Assurance (now St James's Place) and the founder of the Thinc Group (now Bluefin), in 2009 he founded Succession, which today controls assets totalling more than £10.5bn. A long-standing champion of financial advice, he was a natural choice for one of the first of Professional Adviser's ‘Adviser Champions' video interviews, which he gave shortly before his untimely death at the age of just 51. After consulting with his family, we now publish his thoughts ...

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