Lumin snaps up South East firm in fifth deal

IFA has £85m AUM

Tom Ellis
clock • 1 min read

Lumin Wealth has bought £85m assets under management South East firm Ashridge Financial Management in its fifth acquisition since launching in 2010.

Swiss financial services firm VZ Group bought a majority stake in St Albans and London-based Lumin Wealth in May 2021. Lumin's most recent IFA acquisition came in March earlier this year when it bought Hertfordshire-based financial advice firm Enhance Wealth Management. Lumin revealed its "consolidator ambitions" in 2019 with its first acquisition of Bedfordshire-based Hyperion Financial Planning. The firm said it offers advisers a "stable and long-term home" and an alternative to the "many private equity solutions in the marketplace". Lumin Group MD Martin Cotter (pictured) said: "We...

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