Weekly institutional briefing on continuity pressure, adviser mobility signals, and earnings durability risk across UK wealth management. Published each Wednesday. Distributed to institutional subscribers.
AFH Wealth Management registers the largest single-week movement in the index to date, with a +13 point acceleration driven by confirmed PE sale exploration and simultaneous senior leadership departure. The Elevated tier expands to seven firms.
Succession Wealth reaches a 39-point continuity score, the highest recorded in 2026. Signal concentration across post-acquisition integration, leadership uncertainty, and adviser portability indicators places the firm in the Severe tier for the second consecutive week.
St. James's Place remains the index's highest-AUM firm in the BB tier. Sustained regulatory scrutiny, adviser compensation model transition, and elevated hiring activity at competitor platforms produce a stable but elevated continuity score. No immediate catalyst — but conditions are not improving.
The Atlas Continuity Index™ publishes its inaugural weekly signal. Forty-seven firms enter the monitored universe. The index opens with nine firms rated BB or below. Rathbones and Evelyn Partners both register in the Elevated tier. Structural pressure across the consolidator landscape remains the defining theme of early 2026.
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