HFMC Wealth inks £350m deal for London firm Weston Cummins

Acquisition follows a £145m January deal for a City of London adviser 

Hope William-Smith
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High net worth (HNW)-focussed HFMC Wealth has acquired Weston Cummins and £350m of assets in its second acquisition for 2023.

The transaction was completed at the end of June and will see the London and Weybridge-based firm continue to build its presence in the capital. All staff at Weston Cummins - a Corporate Chartered firm - will be retained as part of the acquisition. The firm's majority owner and director Alan Weston said his central London business advises around 265 HNW families and that "the decision to join another firm was not an easy one". "For some time we had been considering whether we should grow our own business, take on more clients and advisers, or seek a partner that had already gone th...

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