Craven Street Capital (CSC), the London based corporate finance business, is pleased to announce the launch of Craven Street Wealth, its wealth management business. As part of the launch of Craven Street Wealth, the firm has acquired Canterbury based Kreston Reeves Financial Planning and London based Christchurch Investment Management to create a wealth management and financial planning group with approximately £850 million of assets under management and advice. Kreston Reeves Financial Planning (KRFP) has been a subsidiary of leading accounting firm Kreston Reeves for the last 20 years, having been established over 30 years ago. Under the terms of the acquisition, KRFP will continue to operate with the same branding under a brand licence for up to 2 years. All staff will continue in the business, offering the same successful client proposition to clients. In particular, the management team will remain as directors of the business. KRFP and Kreston Reeves will form a joint venture to continue to offer financial planning services to shared clients. KRFP has 26 members of staff operating from offices in Canterbury, Horsham, Chatham, London and Sandwich. Christchurch Investment Management has been developed by Managing Director, Anthony Walters, over the last 20 years. The business operates from offices in the City of London and provides financial planning and discretionary fund management services to clients. The 9 person team will remain with the business, which will continue to use the Christchurch Investment Management brand. Founder Anthony Walters and Director David Thornberry will remain on the board of the company.
