Charles Stanley agrees management buyout of employee benefits arm

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Charles Stanley shares have climbed 3% in afternoon trading after the wealth manager announced a plan to sell Charles Stanley Financial Solutions to its management team.

Five days after announcing the initial outcome of a strategic review conducted by CEO Paul Abberley (pictured), the company has made further progress on its attempts to focus "wholly on wealth management". The wealth manager has entered into an exclusive "heads of terms" agreement to dispose of the employee benefits arm to the management of that business. "At this stage no assurance can be given that a disposal will proceed," Charles Stanley added. The company's shares closed 3.7% higher at 391.5p following the announcement. Charles Stanley reported revenue of £1.6m for the Fina...

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