Albert E Sharp name resurrected for new IFA proposition

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The century-old name of Albert E Sharp has been revived as the brand for a new firm offering discretionary management services to high net worth IFA clients.

Chairman of the new business, Giles Sharp, is the grandson of the orignal founder of  Stratford upon Avon-based Albert E Sharp, a stockbroker which launched in 1911. The firm once had 26 offices around the country and the name disappeared after the business was sold in 1998. Sharp's new investment management business has a team of 14 fund managers and will offer a range of actively managed risk-rated portfolios It will provide discretionary investment management to high net worth IFA clients with at least £250,000 to invest. There will also be a white-labelled discretionary mana...

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