Charles Stanley continues financial planning drive with triple hire

'Strategic objective'

Tom Ellis
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Wealth manager Charles Stanley has continued its financial planning push with a triple hire.

The firm, which has more than £24bn assets under management and attracted revenues of £155m in its latest financial year, has added two financial planners and a paraplanner in its efforts to expand its financial planning capabilities. Sam Cowan has joined the wealth manager's Edinburgh office as a financial planner from Tilney, while Richard Elliot has joined its Oxford branch - also as a financial planner. Cowan became a financial planner in 2015, while Elliot has worked as a financial planner for more than 21 years. Charles Stanley restructure to cost £10m Louise Aldridge is the ...

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