More than 800 SJP academy graduates still part of network

The academy has seen many joiners turning to financial advice as a second career. Over the past ten years, the average age of those graduating from the academy was 34, lowering SJP's advisers' average age to 47, the firm said. Around 26% of the academy's entrants in the last decade were women, which was also higher than the industry average of 17%, it said. Among its current trainees, the firm said three-in-ten were women. The academy trains candidates in financial advice, providing support for future partners of SJP to start and build their own high quality wealth management practice...