Openwork, one of the UK’s biggest financial advisory networks, has appointed Carrier Morris from AXA to be its new chief people officer.

Adviser network Openwork has strengthened its ambition to grow its UK financial advice proposition with the appointment of a new a head of recruitment and development.

Complaints upheld against advisers slumped in the first six months of the year, the latest data from the Financial Ombudsman Service has revealed.

Adviser network Openwork has reported record profits and a sixth consecutive year of profit growth and added 400 new advisers.