Succession adds £255m FUM with first four acquisitions of 2018

47 acquisitions in four years

Victoria McKeever
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Succession Group has acquired four more financial adviser firms across the UK, adding a combined total of £255m to the consolidator's funds under management (FUM).

Succession has acquired Independent Advisors (Scotland) (IAS) and the practice of financial planner, Fergus Muirhead - an appointed representative of IAS - both based in Glasgow, as well as City of London's Booth Wealth Management and Rossmore Financial Services in Warwickshire. The deals bring the  number of acquisitions made by Succession between January 2014 and 31 December 2017 to 47. Succession Holdings' newly-appointed group chief executive James Stevenson (pictured) said: "Succession kick-starts 2018 by continuing to deliver on its proven acquisition programme. "After a year...

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