Verso buys Scottish advisory firm Campbell Thomson

Glasgow-based IFA

Jenna Brown
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Verso Wealth Management (Verso) has acquired Glasgow-based advisory firm Campbell Thomson Insurance Services (Campbell Thomson).

The deal takes Verso's assets under management to more than £1bn and advances its strategy to build a national wealth management group, it said. Campbell Thomson, founded in 1978, is a second-generation firm providing specialist financial advice and planning for businesses and individuals across the UK. It has a team of 13 advisers, planners, researchers and support staff. Campbell Thomson is providing advice on assets exceeding £315m as at Q2 2022. Campbell Thomson is the fifth acquisition by the Verso platform and the first in Scotland. Stewart Thomson and Euan Bottomley, Camp...

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