One-fourth of SJP advisers achieve chartered status

‘Commitment to the industry’

Julia Bahr
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One in four out of St. James's Place (SJP) 4,500 partners and advisers have reached chartered status with one of the industry’s professional bodies, the firm revealed.

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...

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