One-fourth of SJP advisers achieve chartered status

Achieving chartered status takes, on average, 700 hours of additional study and includes a number of degree level exams that need to be passed on the way. SJP has gone from having just 5% of partners and advisers being chartered in 2013 to 25% today, it said. "A long-standing ambition we now intend to maintain within our growing financial adviser community." Edward Grant, director responsible for professional development at SJP, said: "I'm extremely proud that we have been able to achieve our target of getting a quarter of our partners to Chartered status. "Becoming Chartered takes...