Curtis Banks completes £25m acquisition of Talbot and Muir

'Clear vision for the group'

Tom Ellis
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Curtis Banks has completed the acquisition of Talbot and Muir after receiving regulatory approval from the Financial Conduct Authority.

Talbot and Muir, an independent self-invested personal pension (SIPP) and small self-administered scheme (SSAS) provider, has 75 staff with offices in Nottingham and Leeds. It administers more than 6,500 pensions with assets under administration of about £3.6bn. Talbot and Muir director Graham Muir founded the business in 1993 with Brian Talbot. Curtis Banks CEO Will Self said: "I have a clear vision for the Curtis Banks Group and for the self invested personal pension sector.  I want to continue to grow the business organically and through acquisitions and we have been very successfu...

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