A look at the SJP adviser academy

Professional Adviser speaks to head of academy Andy Payne

Isabel Baxter
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The St James's Place (SJP) Academy aims to be "an academy for all" and make the financial advice profession diverse, according to academy head Andy Payne.

On 13 September, 180 academy graduates became financial advisers with SJP having completed its financial adviser academy training programme. To date, SJP Academy has taken on more than 1,300 advisers. As of its half-year results for the six months ended 30 June 2024, 133 new advisers joined the SJP partnership in 2024, with a further 319 new advisers currently in training. The partnership is made up of 2,666 partner businesses and 4,852 advisers. The wealth manager claims that over the last five years, the academy has trained around half of those advisers who have joined the financial...

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