MWA accelerates national expansion with ThinCats backing

Long-term partnership with alternative finance provider

Jenna Brown
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MWA Financial, a London-based IFA, has secured backing for its national expansion plans from alternative finance provider ThinCats.

It said it had formed a partnership with ThinCats as it entered the second phase of its expansion plans which should see its complete on a number of live acquisitions that will result in adviser numbers of more than 30 and assets under administration (AUA) of more than £1bn in the next 12 to 18 months. ThinCats is set to provide MWA access to its transitional debt capital pool which it said provided exiting IFAs with a different proposition compared to other large consolidators. MWA was launched by chief executive Campbell Banks in 2016 with the ambition of recreating in the UK the "h...

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