IFAs Rowan and Ashcourt reveal merger plans

Scott Sinclair
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Asset manager and financial planner Ashcourt has announced it is merging with Rowan and Company Capital Management.

The two wholly-owned subsidiaries of Syndicate Asset Management will form Ashcourt Rowan Asset Management and Ashcourt Rowan Financial Planning, subject to FSA approval. The combined business will be advising over 20,000 clients on retirement, trust and IHT planning and boast total investments in excess of £2bn. It will also continue to offer its discretionary fund management proposition to third party IFAs. Rowan CEO Jeremy Wake says: "This is one of the most exciting opportunities I have ever been involved in. I really believe the combined businesses will be first class in all resp...

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