Sanlam UK's Polin: What the geopolitical 'palette of tension' will mean for our business

No-deal Brexit will cause 'a tremendous shock on the UK economy'

Lauren Mason
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Jonathan Polin, group CEO of Sanlam UK, talks to Lauren Mason about the group's recent flurry of acquisitions, plans regarding the UK arm of the business and his concerns over a no-deal Brexit.

"Sanlam UK does not want to have the 'biggest and best' wealth business in the UK. That is not the aim," the group's CEO Jonathan Polin explains at their office in Monument Street, commenting on a series of acquisitions made by the firm this year, which included buying Thesis Asset Management in April. The purchase of Thesis, which has several offices around the UK, brought an extra £1.2bn of assets under management to the table for Sanlam UK, which now manages £4.2bn of private client discretionary assets alone. Globally, Sanlam manages more than £42bn for 15,000 customers - a far cr...

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