SJP sees 32 complete adviser training programme

400 have graduated from academy

Tom Ellis
clock • 1 min read

Advice firm St James's Place (SJP) has seen 32 students emerge as the latest graduates from its two-year training programme to become fully-fledged financial advisers.

The graduates are the latest from the firm's adviser academies, which have seen 400 students graduate and has a further 250 currently studying on programmes in London, Manchester, Solihull and Edinburgh. It said one-quarter (24%) of those to have joined its academy have been women and, at 37, the average age of entrants is "significantly lower" than the sector average. We are proud that all of our graduates have embraced the rigor of our two-year training programme," said SJP Academy director Jason Flood. "Their dedication and tenacity to succeed now brings a new cohort of qualified f...

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