Succession ramps up adviser intake

The consolidator published its highlights from the first half of 2017 alongside its results from 2016. It has taken over nine firms in 2017 so far, four of which were acquired last week. Harrogate-based Prosperitas Independent Financial Advisers, Sigma Asset Management in Surrey, Dorset-based Norris and Fisher Independent Financial Services and Tim Burton, an appointed representative of Norris and Fisher, were the latest to join its ranks, bringing the firm's total acquisitions up to 40. Succession's fund under management (FUM) have risen to £5.6bn, representing a compound annual grow...