Bucking the trend: Why one adviser firm is hiring during Covid-19

Capital Asset Management chief executive Alan Smith said the Chartered firm had seen an uptick in enquiries during the pandemic and had taken on several new clients recently, building its bank to 220 client families. "We are actively looking for advisers but that's ongoing. We've got a very specific recruit to take on, which is a paraplanner - one of our advisers is continuing to grow his business and needs extra help and support," Smith said. He added that the lockdown had proven that the firm's business could run just as efficiently from remote locations than centrally, which would ...