Fairstone announce acquisition of MT Financial Management

Fairstone, one of the UK’s fastest growing wealth management businesses, today announces the acquisition of MT Financial Management.

The deal marks the second acquisition by Fairstone this year and supports the group’s strategic growth plans and nationwide coverage.

Principal Trevor Wilshire explained that the team joined Fairstone to ‘ensure the long-term future of our firm through the support of a well-known independent national business, for the benefit of all our clients’.

Established more than 25 years ago and specialising in holistic financial planning, MT Financial Management is based in Spalding, serving clients across Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire. Their acquisition brings four advisers and nine staff into the group as well as more than 600 clients and £200m FUM.

MT Financial Management joined Fairstone’s Downstream Buy Out (DBO) acquisition model in March 2020. Since then, the business has utilised Fairstone’s support services to deliver an 11% rise in new business growth and a 10% increase in AUM.

MT Financial Management firm principal Trevor Wilshire said:

Trevor Wilshire said: “Fairstone is equally committed as we are to providing first-class independent financial advice to our clients. As we become fully part of the Fairstone family we look forward to the further opportunities this provides us to grow and build on our success to date and better serve our clients in the years to come.”

Fairstone’s proprietary DBO model integrates dynamic, forward-thinking IFA firms into the group, before final acquisition. The unique proposition provides firms with a series of upsides both pre and post-acquisition, which allows them to participate in the success of the group and secure long-term value.

Fairstone CEO Lee Hartley said:

“MT Financial has a well-established reputation for providing excellent client-centric service and they are passionately whole-of-market making them perfectly aligned with Fairstone. We couldn’t be happier to complete the purchase; when you bring like-minded businesses together then the fit is obvious from the start.

“Trevor and the team have been wonderful partners to work with during their integration; they have embraced our proposition and utilised the broad spectrum of support services we provide to grow their business.

“They will continue to receive ongoing support post acquisition to grow further and unlock additional avenues of greater long-term value, including a secondary capital event, through our enhanced buy-out offering.

“Our acquisition strategy remains firmly focused on bringing in quality, ambitious firms such as MT Financial, who want to join us and utilise our framework to deliver ongoing organic growth.”