Finli buys seven advice firms in Q2 adding £269m in AUM

Completed 13 acquisitions in first half of 2026

Jenna Brown
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Finli bought seven advice businesses in the second quarter of the year, adding £269m in AUM.

The national advice business bought four firms and two client banks in the first quarter, bringing its total for 2026 to 13. Its seven latest acquisitions were: Simply Advice in Tiverton, David Pinder based in Nottingham, Ashley Phillips of Beverley, Griffin Wylde in Birmingham, Stellar FP of Flitwick, Edinburgh-based Croesus and finally, John Robinson of Littlehampton. Finli said its acquisitions in the first half of the year have added more than £500m in AUM. Its total assets now stand at £8.7bn. Finli chief acquisitions officer James Bryce said: "Completing 13 acquisitions in...

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