Punter Southall Aspire hires financial planning director

The hire is the first since it bought three IFA firms in the past 12 months. These included Bedford-based Chartered outfit JDP Financial Services. Cole joins the business from Hargreaves Lansdown, where he worked as a financial adviser for the past seven years. He focussed on investment, estate and retirement planning. Cole also worked for Natwest Bank advising high net-worth clients.     Cole said: "Punter Southall Aspire is ambitious, innovative and fast-growing and there are many opportunities to support its future growth and expansion. "This new role will allow me to build clos...