Fairstone set to acquire two more IFA firms

Yorkshire and Scotland

Jenna Brown
clock • 2 min read

Advice firms Imagine Financial Planning and Forbes Lawson Wealth Management are set to be acquired by Fairstone after joining its downstream buyout programme.

The firms, based in Yorkshire and Scotland, have signed with the Chartered consolidator and will go through its two-year pre-acquisition transition process before being officially bought. The two deals bring more than 700 clients, four advisers and five support staff to the consolidator as well as funds under management of about £200m. Imagine FP is based in Harrogate and Forbes Lawson WM is based in Aberdeen, with both firms specialising in pension planning and investment management. Fairstone CEO Lee Hartley said: "We are delighted to welcome Imagine Financial Planning and Forbes...

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