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This will be a budget that rewards wealth management.

The FT and Emma Dunkley (today) send me an email that occasionally hits the mark. I do not stand for wealth management, there are many who do and I am pleased they are being promoted by the Budget to invest … Continue reading

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Would you act the car finance salesman – and advise at SJP?

Choose a discretionary charging structure that harmed the client’s finances to pay my adviser  more money – no thank you! I’ll wait till the end of the month to transact, I’m sure I would, but I’m not sure I’d invest … Continue reading

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SJP’s charges “pleasingly boring” – Holly Mackay

  I had to duck out of the CISI conference last week to talk to SJP big-wigs about their new way of presenting the charges they make. Gone are the early withdrawal charges ( a hangover from another era) split … Continue reading

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SJP’s charges “pleasingly boring” – Holly Mackay

I had to duck out of the CISI conference this morning to talk to SJP big-wigs about their new way of presenting the charges they make. Gone are the early withdrawal charges ( a hangover from another era) split out … Continue reading

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SJP – two decades of growth wiped since the pandemic

Despite being one of the FT’s Big Reads, Emma Dunkley and Sally Hickey’s article , doesn’t really try to answer the question it sets, leaving the question for readers to answer for themselves. My reaction to reading the article was … Continue reading

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Can SJP move from wealth manager to trusted advisor?

The value of SJP’s total assets under management increased to £179bn, up from £154bn a year ago, owing to strong investment performance. SJP takes revenue from assets under management, its partners and associates are paid from the annual management charges. … Continue reading

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Can SJP move from wealth manager to trusted advisor?

The value of SJP’s total assets under management increased to £179bn, up from £154bn a year ago, owing to strong investment performance. SJP takes revenue from assets under management, its partners and associates are paid from the annual management charges. … Continue reading

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IFAs fear contagion from SJP’s fall from grace

It’s hard to underestimate how frightened the financial advisory community is over the decline in St James’s Place’s fortunes. For years IFAs have moaned about the collateral damage SJP’s high charges are doing to their reputation. But when SJP’s fortunes … Continue reading

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SJP’s share-price crash.

Yesterday was a bad day for SJP. At one stage its share price was down more than 30%. The company is in mourning for its co-founder who died this week. This is Kate Beioly’s report in her morning newsletter for … Continue reading

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St James’s Place slashes fees

The FT reports this morning that SJP’s fee structure will , as the FT intimated last week, be radically different going forwards.     Citywire report the SJP market update in more detail The new structure won’t come into effect … Continue reading

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