A group of IFA firms and industry professionals led by former Honister Capital director Alan Easter will aim to create a ‘middle ground' between being directly authorised and part of a network in their new venture.
Easter announced in March that he would be launching a new financial planning and fund management group, Beaufort Financial Planning and Beaufort Investment Management after exiting Honister last year. The Honister network went into administration in July, leaving about 900 advisers unable to trade. The new venture brings together David Ingram, formerly of Threesixty, Steven Watson, ex-chief investment officer at Gartmore Global Partners, and Peter Williams, former founder director of the Personal Finance Society and Easter, among others. Andrew Elson, financial planner at Beaufort...
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