Swedish wealth supervisor Söderberg & Companions has invested in 4 extra IFA companies because it expands its monetary recommendation presence within the UK.

The most recent offers convey the full of UK companies invested in by the fast-growing agency to 11.

Gustaf Rentzhog, chief govt, mentioned the agency was not a consolidator. He mentioned: “Quite our objective is to assist passionate entrepreneurs to attain their imaginative and prescient for his or her recommendation companies. Within the UK now we have discovered many robust examples of implausible companies which ship excellent outcomes to their purchasers, and we’re happy to again them with our scale and sources.”

The 4 new companies invested in by Söderberg are:

• Courtney Havers, a Tunbridge Wells-based agency based by trade veteran Ray Tuffield.
• Bespoke-Recommendation Ltd, a Chartered IFA observe of 30 folks advising on £630m of consumer property with workplaces in Worcester and London Metropolis.
• Clear Monetary Recommendation, a client-focused firm managing £120m of property.
• Bigmore Associates, primarily based in Walton-on-Thames, which covers a variety of economic recommendation.

Ray Tuffield, founding father of Courtney Havers, mentioned: “Culturally, Söderberg & Companions are a wonderful match for us.”

Alex Morley, managing director of Bespoke-Recommendation, mentioned: “Our technique of buying retiring adviser books to make sure a continuation of impartial recommendation via our employed advisers is effectively acquired by purchasers and retiring advisers alike. Our tradition and ethos align completely with Söderberg, permitting the chance for us to speed up progress whereas remaining true to our core values and beliefs.”

Barry Greening, founder and director of Clear Monetary Recommendation, mentioned: “From the beginning, it was clear that our values have been completely matched with Söderberg’s dynamic strategy. Anticipation is excessive as we provoke the subsequent stage of our firm’s development with a long-held want to broader our companies into specialised sectors.”

Adam Nettleship, managing director of Bigmore Associates, mentioned: “Working with Söderberg & Companions will allow us to be leaders of the futures of Monetary Planning.”

Söderberg & Companions has now invested into a complete of 11 UK recommendation companies. Earlier this 12 months it revealed plans to purchase a big minority stake in Tub-based advisory agency Fidelius for an undisclosed sum in addition to investing in London wealth supervisor Classic and Croydon primarily based PK Monetary.

Söderberg purchased stakes in 4 IFA companies final 12 months. It acquired a minority shareholding in London-based Era Monetary Providers in December. In September the group acquired a majority stake in Timothy James & Companions and minority stakes in Cambridge-based Dartington Wealth Administration and Atherton York in North London. 

The Swedish agency entered the UK adviser market in 2023 and mentioned it goals to companion with as much as 1,000 monetary advisers within the UK inside 5 years. Söderberg & Companions was based in Sweden 2004 and has greater than 4,000 staff in 110 workplaces in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Spain, and greater than £60bn in property below administration and recommendation.