Sense Network buyer reveals ambitious 500 adviser target

Purchase announced Monday

Sophie King
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Adviser Service Holdings (ASH) is looking to grow to a total of 500 advisers over the next five years following its purchase of Sense Network, CEO Michael Couzens has said.

The CEO said once the Sense deal was completed, the group would have around 300 advisers working for it - and it intends to grow that figure in the coming years.  Couzens said: "With the completion of Sense acquisition, we will start off with about 300 advisers, and our objective is to grow that somewhere in the region of 500 advisers within the next five years." The group plans to take on more advisers in a "sensible way" and is not in a rush to hire more advisers immediately, he added.  "We don't think there are thousands of advisers who are going to fit with our model or we're g...

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