Increased client focus prompts Brewin management shake up
Stephen Ford, head of wealth and investment management at UK wealth manager Brewin Dolphin has left the firm after 15 years following a significant management shake-up.
Stephen Ford, head of wealth and investment management at UK wealth manager Brewin Dolphin has left the firm after 15 years following a significant management shake-up.
Brewin Dolphin’s head of wealth and investment management Stephen Ford applies two key principles when running money: he believes integrity is paramount and that financial services is as much about people as performance.
Robin Geffen’s call for the Financial Conduct Authority to make the disclosure of active share mandatory is the latest shout in what is a growing clamour for better ways to provide evidence of what he refers to as ‘truly active’ management.
In the 11 years that Ben Gutteridge has worked at Brewin Dolphin, the UK-headquartered discretionary wealth manager with a Jersey office, has nearly doubled its assets under management, from £17bn to around £30bn.
A write off of a major IT project saw Brewin Dolphins pre-tax profits plunge 70% from £28.4m to £8.6m in the year to 28 September, though income and discretionary assets climbed.
UK wealth management firm Brewin Dolphin saw outflows of £1.2bn in the nine months to 30 June, half of which it put down to the group’s change to a “transparent fee-based charging basis”.
Brewin Dolphin has purchased Irish asset manager Tilman for a total consideration of up to £31.5m.