Tax-efficient investments could become 'silently mainstream' - Alex Davies

'Entrepreneurialism back in fashion'

Jayna Rana
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Alex Davies, co-founder and chief executive of Wealth Club, has outlined expansion plans as the company celebrates its first anniversary.

The ex-Hargreaves Lansdown pensions head, who set up tax-efficient investments service Wealth Club with former Charles Stanley Direct head of investment research Ben Yearsley, said there are still many opportunities in this "untapped market". He said: "We will probably look to offer some sort of discretionary management service or build our own platform exclusively targeting high-net-worth investors. We want to become the number one place for them, like Hargreaves Lansdown but for the slightly wealthier type of person." Davies also believes these investments will become "silently main...

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