ASHL's new LYNC arm in double planner agency acquisition

Adviser help agency and Sense community proprietor Adviser Providers Holdings Restricted (ASHL) has acquired two Monetary Planning companies by way of its rising nationwide recommendation enterprise, LYNC Wealth Administration.

It has acquired Friarsgate Monetary Planning in Chester and Richard Armitage Wealth Administration South West Restricted in Newton Abbot, Devon.

The 2 acquisitions will add greater than £200m AUA and 500 wealth shoppers to LYNC, greater than doubling its shoppers and AUA.

ASHL acquired Sheafmoor Cash Administration in Sheffield and North Monetary Administration in Belfast to kind the muse for the brand new LYNC enterprise in March. The companies had a complete of greater than £180m in property beneath recommendation and 450 wealth shoppers.

The corporate stated LYNC enhances ASHL’s present community providing by way of Sense and Lyncombe, by offering succession planning choices for recommendation companies throughout the group and throughout the broader market. Of the 4 acquisitions to this point, two have been from throughout the group and two from Quilter Monetary Planning.

Darren Sales space, founding father of Friarsgate Monetary Planning, stated: “The ASHL group has been instrumental in our profitable journey. The sleek transition from Sense community will make sure the continuity of service between our devoted crew and our valued shoppers.”

Richard Armitage, proprietor of Richard Armitage Wealth Administration South West Restricted, stated: “I’m happy to be working once more with advisers and senior administration at ASHL, with whom I’ve robust relationships and certainly share the identical values relating to taking care of shoppers.”

Michael Couzens, chief government of ASHL, stated: “Our philosophy will proceed, which is regular development focussing on high quality companies and shut relationships with folks, together with the tip shopper. We’ve a pipeline of comparable alternatives, and now that we now have bedded in our processes, we’ll start providing this extra extensively to our member companies and throughout the market.”

Adviser Providers Holdings Restricted (ASHL) is a privately owned firm run by the house owners and small buyers. It was integrated on 22 Might 2019.

ASHL’s sister discretionary fund administration enterprise Rockhold Asset Administration has greater than £900m in AUM and expects to hit £1bn within the coming months.

Among the many key figures behind ASHL are chief government Michael Couzens, who has a 25 yr profession in governance and compliance; managing director Andy Ferns, who led distribution networks at Zurich and Openwork and was a founding director of Caerus Community which was bought in 2017, and business director Stuart Creswell, who was beforehand head of relationship administration at Sesame Bankhall and has labored at Paradigm Companions, Paradigm Monetary Advisers and Caerus Community.