Wren Sterling buys financial planning arm of insurance agency

Adding £200m in assets and 500 families to its client bank

Isabel Baxter
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National financial planning business Wren Sterling has acquired the financial planning division of insurance agency Howe Maxted Group.

The group is based in Sidcup in Kent and consists of Howe Maxted Financial Services and Howe Maxted General Insurance, which is being acquired separately by JM Glendinning. Wren Sterling's acquisition of Howe Maxted Financial Services brings in £200m in assets and 500 families to its client bank. Ten members of staff will also be joining the firm, including four advisers. The firm now operates from 14 offices covering 12 locations across the UK and said it has other deals at advanced stages which will further grow its network. Wren Sterling chief executive James Twining said: "Kent...

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