St James's Place loses 43 advisers in second half of 2025 - report

Quilter Financial Planning adds the most advisers

Isabel Baxter
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St. James’s Place (SJP) continued to lead the adviser headcount table but lost 43 advisers in H2 of 2025, data has found.

The latest research from ISS Market Intelligence's (ISS MI) Landscape Report revealed varied growth rates between the 30 largest investment and mortgage advice firms when it comes to their number of client-facing advisers. The number of firms increasing their adviser headcount was almost equal to those reducing them, the findings identified. The top five firms in the table remained in the same position when compared with H1 2025. SJP continued to lead the adviser headcount table at 5,153 but lost 43 advisers in H2 of 2025. Openwork, with just more than almost half as many adv...

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