Editor's view: Wizards in Cirencester as SJP bounces back

The editor's Friday Night Takeaway from 2 August

Jen Frost
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Gloucester-based IFAs, did you see any wizards en route to Cirencester this week?

If so, they may have been on the way to wrestle the elixir of life back from St James's Place (SJP). Scandal-smashed SJP bounced back into action on Tuesday, with its share price rising 25% on news of a massive cost-cutting endeavour.  The revival follows a tragic rather than magic few months in which the wealth management giant took a stock market pummelling. A key driver of that pain, last February it stashed aside more than £425m to pay back clients who may not have received advice they paid for. Some of that staggering sum will be recouped from partner firms. In an investor ...

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