St. James’s Place, the wealth management group, today launches an expanded training Academy to offer outstanding professionals with no previous experience of providing financial advice, the opportunity to become Partners within St James’s Place. First piloted in 2008 the Academy will take three intakes of up to 20 prospective partners per year on the two year intensive training programme.
At a time when the economic climate has had a life-changing impact on many professionals St James’s place is promoting the wealth management industry as a highly attractive career option for those reflecting on their work/life balance and want more control over their future working life.
The St. James’s Place Academy provides the opportunity for individuals to start up and build their own high quality practice within financial services. Successful applicants to the programme will undertake an intensive education, coaching and assessment programme that will equip them to provide a first class, professional and expert wealth management service to their clients. At the end of the programme successful trainees will be accepted into St James’s Place as Partners and be part of the most successful wealth management firms in the UK.
Adrian Batchelor, Academy Director, said: “The last few years have been a particularly tough and worrying time for professionals. Wide-spread redundancies and uncertain futures have encouraged many individuals to question their career paths. For the right individuals, this is an unrivalled gateway to a new career.”
Batchelor is urging any interested parties to visit the Academy website at www.sjpacademy.co.uk.
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Contact:
St James’s Place
Adrian Batchelor, Academy Director
Telephone: 020 7495 1771
Broadgate Mainland
Roddi Vaughan-Thomas / Lauren Willington
Telephone: 020 7726 6111
rvaughanthomas@broadgatemainland.com / lwillington@broadgatemainland.com
Notes to Editors:
St. James’s Place Wealth Management is a leading UK wealth management organisation. Founded in 1991, St. James’s Place was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1997 and is now a FTSE 250 company with over £26.7 billion funds under management. The company provides face-to-face advice to clients based on their individual needs and circumstances, adapting the advice as requirements change over time to ensure that recommendations remain appropriate.
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