Standard Life's 1825 adds £350m with Jones Sheridan acquisition

The acquisition will bring seven advisers and four paraplanners to 1825's 64 financial planning professionals and create a regional base with 30 employees. Jones Sheridan is based in Crewe, where it specialises in retirement planning, wealth management and wealth protection. In total, 1825 will be serving about 9,300 clients with about £3.3bn of assets following the completion of this, and other recently announced deals. Standard Life launched restricted business 1825 in early 2015 in response to regulatory and market changes, such as the pension freedom reforms. The business ...