Nucleus' long-awaited £242m deal for Curtis Banks completes

CMA cleared the formation of the £80bn platform earlier this month

Hope William-Smith
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Nucleus has confirmed its acquisition of Curtis Banks Group is now complete almost ten months on from its announcement.

The £242m deal was first revealed back in January and sees the formation of an £80bn adviser platform group to be utilised by around 5,000 advisers managing 250,000 customers. The confirmation today (26 September) comes after the Competition and Markets Authority launched an investigation into the takeover in July after Nucleus referred itself checks to confirm the combination of the two firms would not damage competition. Nucleus' acquisition of the self-invested personal pension provider was then cleared early this month with the Financial Conduct Authority, Prudential Regulation Au...

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