Quilter goes all in with franchise model for ambitious advisers

Helps entrepreneurial business owners to grow ahead of buyout

Jenna Brown
clock • 6 min read

Jenna Brown talks to Quilter’s Steve Gazard about the recent launch of its franchise model Quilter Partners which he says is aimed at entrepreneurial business owners looking to secure the future of their practices…

The Quilter Partners franchise launch is the company's response to "increasing pressure and increasing challenges" in the consolidator market, says chief distribution officer Steve Gazard. It sits between its Financial Planning Network and its national, Quilter Financial Advisers, but is not a completely fresh approach. Gazard describes it as a formalisation of the way its buyout practice has worked for 15 years and gives forward-looking advice principals more options. He says it is aimed at entrepreneurial business owners with "skin in the game" who want to realise the value of their...

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