Sylvan Financial Management launches adviser school

The firm's leadership team created the programme in response to "increasing demand for high-quality independent advice and a noticeable decline in its availability across the industry", according to a press release. "We've seen many independent firms sell to private equity or move toward in-house investment solutions," said Sylvan director Adrian Edwards. "We wanted to do something different, which I feel is to preserve and pass on the values that make independent advice so powerful." The firm has so far seen interest from outside the traditional advice talent pool, according to its d...