St James's Place

St James's Place (SJP) welcomed £5.2bn worth of new single investments in 2011 as the wealth manager boosted total funds under management to £28.5bn, up 6% over the year.

Fund launches reached a decade low last year as groups held back new products in the face of market volatility.

Financial services group St James's Place (SJP) recorded a 13% increase in sales to £154m in the third quarter, it said today.

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St. James's Place failed to make a profit from its distribution arm in the first half of 2011, citing the impact of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), although group operating profit was up 13%.

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St. James's Place is launching a global equity fund in a bid to diversify assets away from fund manager THS Partners.

Wealth manager St James's Place says strong sales and its "excellent" retention of existing client funds helped it negate the effects of a slow quarter in stock markets.

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