Honister: the mass walk-out never happened

Scott Sinclair
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A forecasted exodus of The Money Portal (TMP) advisers following the business' liquidation and sale to Honister Capital last year "never happened", strategy director Alan Easter says.

Despite the loss of almost 100 advisers since the deal with Honister was secured last June, their number still tops 1,390. "The mass walk-out some predicted has not happened," strategy and business development director Easter says. TMP had debts of £55m when it entered the pre-packaged administration sale to Honister, a private investment company backed by Monsoon founder Peter Simon, last summer. As part of the deal, Honister acquired the shares of TMP's advisory businesses: Burns-Anderson, Sage and Willis Owen, as well as the principal assets of Bates Investment Services (now Hon...

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