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Quilter Cheviot Europe acquires Irish investment advisory firm, GillenMarkets

Date: 07 May 2025

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7 May 2025

Quilter Cheviot Europe Limited (QCE), the Irish subsidiary of wealth manager Quilter Cheviot, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Dublin-based investment advisory firm, GillenMarkets.*  

GillenMarkets was founded fifteen years ago by Rory Gillen and currently advises over €0.6bn of Assets for c.500 families. As part of the acquisition, the firm’s founder, five investment advisers and their support team will join QCE’s Dublin-based team.   

This new acquisition will help expand QCE’s presence in Ireland and continue to evolve its integrated investment management and financial planning offering for clients in Ireland and throughout Europe. QCE has grown its business very significantly since 2022. 

Andrew Fahy, Chief Executive of Quilter Cheviot Europe: 

“GillenMarkets is a business that we have known and admired for many years and represents a fantastic fit for QCE. We are very excited to welcome Rory Gillen and all our new colleagues and clients to our thriving business. GillenMarkets has seen tremendous growth over the last number of years and we are really looking forward to working to support our new clients and their families. The transaction is really positive news for all concerned. 

“This acquisition will really help to build on QCE’s scale and reach in the Irish market. Our ambition is to be the wealth manager of choice in Ireland and this is another milestone on that journey.”  

Rory Gillen, Founder of GillenMarkets:  

“Quilter Cheviot has an excellent reputation in the market and due to our similar investment and client-focused philosophies, becoming part of a larger business with such investment resources, heritage and prestige feels like a great opportunity for both our clients and colleagues. 

“Having built our business up over the last fifteen years, we look forward to this next chapter as part of Quilter Cheviot, which is itself at an exciting juncture in its growth plans.”  

*Subject to regulatory approval  

 

Alex Berry

External Communications Manager

Notes to Editors:

About Quilter plc

Quilter plc is a leading wealth management business, helping to create brighter financial futures for every generation.

Quilter plc oversees £157.4 billion in customer investments (as at 30 June 2026).

It has an adviser and customer offering spanning financial advice, investment platforms, multi-asset investment solutions and discretionary fund management.

The business is comprised of two branded segments: Quilter and Quilter Cheviot.

Quilter encompasses the financial advice network and national, Quilter's investment platform and multi-asset solutions and Quilter Invest, the digital savings and investment app.

Quilter Cheviot is a discretionary fund management and financial planning business.

This press release is for journalists only and should not be relied upon by financial advisers or customers.

Please remember that past performance is not a guide to future performance. The value of investments and the income from them can go down as well as up and investors may not get back any of the amount originally invested. Exchange rate changes may cause the value of overseas investments to rise or fall.

This communication is issued by Quilter plc.  Registered office: Senator House, 85 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4AB, United Kingdom. Registered number: 6404270.  Registered in England.

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