Tag Archives: St James Place

You’re a success – SJP will work for you ; and here’s more thoughts for those who can’t afford advice.

Posted on July 26, 2026 by henry tapper

First an excellent paper from SJP. If you’re reading this I’m guessing you like SJP, so do I. I had a chance to work there when it started and I said “no” it was a mistake. Then some thoughts for … Continue reading →

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The SJP dispute over who owns the clients (again)

Posted on May 29, 2026 by henry tapper

I remember when I was in the game of building a business as a self-employed adviser working for SJP’s predecessor (Hambro and then Allied Dunbar). Coincidentally, insurance has moved on a long way in most respects (see Gordon Aitken for … Continue reading →

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

Posted on August 9, 2025 by henry tapper

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

Posted on July 19, 2025 by henry tapper

  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

Posted on July 16, 2025 by henry tapper

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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It’s time to stop sneering at St. James’s Place

Posted on July 29, 2021 by henry tapper

St. James’s Place released their half yearly results yesterday and the market responded by marking up their shares 5%. The results told us that SJP had added nearly £10bn to funds under management and that operating profit had shot up. … Continue reading →

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5 good reasons we have SJP

Posted on September 10, 2019 by henry tapper

As readers of the Times know,  James Coney has been exposing St James’s Place as a high pressure sales outfit that rewards its “advisers” with diamond cufflinks, overseas conventions and a lot of money for bringing client’s money under SJP … Continue reading →

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How contingent fees underpin SJP’s shareholder value.

Posted on August 1, 2019 by henry tapper

The last two days have not been kind to St James Place, on Tuesday it was presented with the FCA’s CP19/25 and PS19/21 and yesterday it had to face the wrath of the market which marked its shares down 5% … Continue reading →

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The problem with platforms (is that everyone loves them).

Posted on August 14, 2018 by henry tapper

Platforms are a relatively new but significant and growing distribution channel. The platform service provider market has doubled since 2013 from £250bn to £500bnassets under administration (AUA). This growth in AUA has been driven by rising markets and increasing levels … Continue reading →

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“Ease of use” or “value for money”?

Posted on April 27, 2017 by henry tapper

Paul Lewis, above all other financial journalists is the master of the 140 character tweet. Here is one of his very best, embedded in a conversation with Louise Cooper. The genius is in the “compete mainly on rhetoric and ease … Continue reading →

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