Will the £432 million that Pollen Street Capital, or more pertinently Bidco, its acquisition vehicle, is prepared to pay for Leicester-based Mattioli Woods enable it to grow faster?

Bidco clearly thinks it will.

“Bidco believes that Mattioli Woods’ management team has put in place a robust, growth-focused strategy to create a high-quality, differentiated player in the UK wealth and asset management and employee benefits markets,” it said in the statement it re...