Beaufort Group looking for growth-hungry advisers and firms

Many consolidators around the sector are looking to acquire firms with advisers wanting to sell up but Beaufort insisted it was not looking for advisers or firms who want an exit strategy. Executive chairman Simon Goldthorpe said the group was also keen to assist "younger, ambitious advisers" who may want to "do it on their own" and start their own firms. In addition, he said, Beaufort Group wanted to help younger advisers who were looking to take over businesses where the firm's principal was retiring and looking to pass the firm on and take "a deserved pay-out" - observing "the fina...