More than recruitment. A complete growth ecosystem.

A specialist growth partner helping financial-services, wealth-management and advisory businesses grow, strengthen and transition.

A strategic practice growth division of ACG Corporate Group.

ACG Growth Partners™ is a specialist growth partner to financial-services, wealth-management and advisory businesses. We help firms grow, strengthen and transition through specialist recruitment, advisory-book and practice acquisitions, succession planning and strategic practice-growth support.

  • 12-month replacement warrantyon successful placements, subject to signed terms
  • 12-month introduction protectionon every candidate we present
  • Growth Partner Guaranteemembership extended by 3 months at no cost if you do not recruit through ACG in a 12-month membership
  • Level 2 B-BBEE ContributorACG Corporate Group (Pty) Ltd

  • Recruitment

    Specialist financial-services recruitment, executive search, adviser transitions and market intelligence.

  • Acquisitions

    Confidential advisory-book and practice acquisitions supported from mandate definition through transition.

  • Succession & Growth

    Succession, practice-value protection and capacity planning designed for durable growth and continuity.

Why firms choose a Growth Partner

Two very different approaches. One clearly better outcome.

Traditional recruitment

  • Pay high placement fees for every hire
  • Start the search from scratch each time
  • Different recruiter, different approach, different results
  • Limited access to quality, pre-vetted candidates
  • Reactive hiring — when the problem already exists
  • No long-term strategy or succession planning
  • No support with book acquisitions or practice growth
  • Hidden costs and unpredictable spend

ACG Growth Partner

  • Lower recruitment fees through exclusive membership pricing
  • A dedicated recruitment consultant who knows your business
  • Proactive talent pipeline of pre-qualified professionals
  • Priority access to top talent and passive candidates
  • Strategic hiring aligned to your growth and succession goals
  • Book-acquisition support to grow AUM and revenue
  • Succession planning and leadership continuity support
  • Predictable costs, measurable results, sustainable growth

The Growth Partner Guarantee. If during your 12-month membership your business does not recruit through ACG, we will extend your membership for an additional 3 months at no cost.

How we operate

Principles are only worth stating if something backs them. Each of these is tied to a term, a process or a status you can check.

  • We carry the risk on a placement

    A 12-month replacement warranty and 12-month introduction protection are written into the agreement, subject to signed terms.

  • Confidentiality is structural

    Candidate details reach an employer only with approval, and seller information reaches a buyer only in writing. Confidential mandates publish under a descriptor, never a client name.

  • One consultant owns your mandate

    From Essential upward you have a named consultant, and at Elite a senior partner. Not a queue and not a rotating account manager.

  • We screen before you interview

    Reference, employment, qualification and role-appropriate regulatory checks are completed where applicable, subject to candidate consent, lawful processing and the requirements of the mandate.

  • We stand behind the membership

    If you do not recruit through ACG during a 12-month membership, the Growth Partner Guarantee extends it by three months at no cost.

  • Level 2 B-BBEE Contributor

    ACG Corporate Group (Pty) Ltd holds Level 2 contributor status, verifiable on request.

What every mandate carries

Our success is measured by the success of our Growth Partners. These are the commitments every mandate carries.

  • Level 2B-BBEE contributor
  • 12 MonthReplacement warranty, subject to signed terms
  • 12 MonthIntroduction protection on every candidate
  • ConfidentiallyHandled
  • NationalReach across South Africa

Ideal for

Built for owner-led and multi-branch financial-services businesses across South Africa.

  • Wealth-management practices
  • Financial-planning practices
  • Independent financial-advisory businesses
  • Investment-management firms
  • Insurance brokerages
  • Employee-benefits consultancies
  • Boutique advisory firms
  • Multi-branch financial-services businesses
  • Private-wealth practices
  • Adviser networks and established independent or affiliated financial-planning practices

Our vision

To be the most respected and trusted partner in practice growth and talent solutions across Southern Africa.

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