Kingswood completes two acquisitions with six more in final stages

AUA stands at £7.9bn

Jenna Brown
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Kingswood Holdings has completed the acquisition of Money Matters (North East) and its purchase of Lee Smythe & Associates’ book of assets.

The deals were announced last month and have now received regulatory approval.  David Lawrence, UK CEO at Kingswood, said: "I am thrilled to announce the completion of our second and third acquisitions of 2021 and look forward working with Alastair, Chris, Lee and their teams. "We remain committed to our growth strategy within the UK and internationally and we have a strong pipeline of high-quality UK opportunities under negotiation, six of which are in the exclusive due diligence stage." Third purchase in two weeks: Kingswood acquires North Yorkshire firm for £16m  A note to th...

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