St James's Place hires 35 more of its academy graduates

After two years of training

Victoria McKeever
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St James's Place (SJP) has taken on 35 more graduates from its academy, offering them the chance to become wealth managers within the network, following the completion of its two-year training programme.

Now boasting in excess of 250 graduates, the SJP Academy and its Next Generation Academy - for the sons and daughters of SJP partners - continue to grow, with more than 200 people currently studying on programmes across four regional sites - Edinburgh, London, Manchester and Solihull. SJP said its academy aimed to make up for the shortage of UK advisers and to produce "the next generation of educated, ethical and committed wealth managers". It pointed out that, while the number of advisers has fallen from 250,000 to around 23,000 over the last 25 years, the demand for face-to face adv...

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