Chartered Monetary Planner Craven Road Wealth has accomplished its acquisition of Punter Southall Aspire’s Monetary Planning division which was introduced in January.

The deal will increase AUM for Craven Road by over £600m to £1.85bn.

The 2 corporations are underpinned by a longstanding relationship between Craven Road Group and pensions and recommendation agency Punter Southall Group.

As a part of the deal Punter Southall will improve its minority stake in Craven Road Wealth. Punter Southall was a founding investor in Craven Road and says it’s going to proceed to again the agency’s development technique.

London and South-focused Craven Road says the acqusition creates, “one of many largest unbiased Chartered Monetary Planning companies” within the South with 91 workers together with 27 Monetary Planners.

Craven Road says that with a rising variety of its Monetary Planners certified to offer specialist recommendation in particular areas it’s “enthusiastic” in regards to the alternatives forward.

Purchasers will quickly obtain companies from Craven Road Aspire, a buying and selling title of Craven Road Monetary Planning. Within the coming months, techniques and operational capabilities will switch to Craven Road Wealth, the agency stated.

Purchasers will proceed to obtain recommendation and companies from their current Monetary Planner and assist crew. Craven Road Wealth places of work now cowl London, Bedfordshire, Dorset, Kent, Oxfordshire and Sussex.

The transfer will develop Craven Road’s footprint within the South of England and can add places of work in Oxford, Bedford and Poole to current places of work in London, Canterbury and Horsham.

Craven Road Aspire can be totally built-in in the end with Craven Road Wealth giving shoppers a wider vary of specialisms, expanded funding proposition, companies, platform applied sciences and techniques.

Craven Road Wealth was established by means of the 2021 acquisition of Kreston Reeves Monetary Planning and Christchurch Funding Administration. It has grown since launch organically and thru acquisitions, together with the acquisition of Tarvos Wealth in 2022 and Bernard Barrett Associates in 2023.

Craven Road Wealth is a subsidiary of Craven Road Group, which additionally consists of the company finance enterprise Craven Road Capital.

Tom Barnett, managing director of Craven Road Wealth, stated: “We’re delighted to be welcoming a like-minded Chartered Monetary Planning enterprise into Craven Road Wealth, a observe recognised by shoppers and friends alike. This announcement is an extra, concrete step in the direction of assembly the rising demand for what we provide.”