St. James's Place plc (STJ) Q2 2024 Earnings Call

Investor webinar replay

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Good morning and welcome to our 2024 half year results. We have a packed agenda this morning with a lot of ground to cover in explaining how we're performing well and our positioning for further success in the years ahead. In a moment, I'll set out a high level summary of the first half. I'll then hand over to Craig to take you through the operating and financial results for the period. Craig will also provide an update on our existing programs of work around our simpler and more comparable future charging structure and historic ongoing service evidence review. Finally, I'll discuss the business review and what we've completed and what this means for our future direction. Before we start though, I would like to take the opportunity to thank Craig who will be retiring as CFO later this year. been an absolute pleasure to work alongside him since i joined the business and i've been grateful for his support throughout we all wish him well for the future while craig will be missed i look forward to working with his successor caroline waddington who will join the business in september looking back to february this year i talked about my initial perspectives And I also set out that one of my priorities was to continue to get deep into the fabric of SJP. Having immersed myself in this business and in recent months worked through the process of our business review, I'm pleased to say that my conviction in SJP has only grown stronger. SJP is positioning for further success and I'm really excited for the future. At a high level, we're the scale market leader in an industry that has embedded structural growth across all market segments. We have a distinct business model, which will enable us to capitalize on the significant market opportunity, leading to sustained growth in our ...