Charles Stanley climbs to 6th place in FT Adviser list of Top 100 Financial Advisers

Charles Stanley has secured a top 10 position for the first time in FT Adviser magazine’s list of Top 100 Financial Advisers, beating stiff competition from industry stalwarts and major market players to achieve an impressive 6^th place position in the annual ranking of advisers. An award ceremony took place on Wednesday 6^th November 2019, with Charles Stanley financial planning team members Shelby Bonham-Lloyd, Tom Miller and Ameeta Panessar in attendance to receive the award.

2019 has been a remarkable year of growth for Charles Stanley’s financial planning division, with a significant increase in the number of financial planners, bringing the total number of financial planning professionals to just shy of 30. In addition to increasing headcount, Charles Stanley has also grown its regional footprint, strengthening Charles Stanley’s financial planning capabilities in major regional hubs such as Oxford, Manchester and Birmingham. The last 12 months has also seen the addition of three new regional offices: Belfast in Northern Ireland and Glasgow and Aberdeen in Scotland.

Commenting on the award, Managing Director of Financial Planning, Andrew Meigh said, ‘We are extremely pleased to have been recognised by FT Adviser as one of the leading financial advisers in the UK. 2019 has been a year of great progress for the division and we have seen our financial planning capabilities grow exponentially, whilst maintaining an unwavering commitment to providing clients with the very best financial planning advice. Outside of Charles Stanley, both the economic and political landscape have been characterised by uncertainty and we have seen increasing demand for advice, particularly around topics such as pension planning and inheritance tax. We expect that this demand will continue to grow, and we will continue to deliver high quality advice, providing financial peace of mind to clients up and down the country.’