Campbell Edgar: Deal was catalyst for move, not cause

Wealth manager Andersen Charnley was acquired by the firm in June and now provides Collins Stewart's 10,000 clients with financial planning. Edgar resigned from Andersen Charnley in April to head an eight-man private clients team at John Lamb Partnership. Edgar says, contrary to other reports, his move was not directly because of the buy-out. "I didn't move because of the acquisition," he says, "having been a victim of an acquisition before, everything goes up in the air and you have to pick up sticks. "The acquisition was more of a catalyst than a cause. "I saw the lie of th...