US-based Edward Jones plots major UK expansion

The decade old firm, which currently employs more than 350 stockbrokers and financial advisers worldwide, provides advice on retirement, estate planning, shares, managed money and fixed income investments. "We started in the UK with just a handful of stockbrokers and financial advisers. Now we have around 350 and want to grow that number considerably," says Tim Kirley, Edward Jones UK principal. "That growth will be organic and create genuine new jobs; it will not be done through acquisition," he adds. As other financial firms struggle, Kirley says the company's recruitment drive and ...