Quilter Financial Planning generated £1bn in integrated net flows for the three months ended 31 March, an increase of 43% from Q1 2020.

As unemployment rises economic uncertainty could give Financial Planners a golden opportunity to prove their worth, Quilter Financial Planning has told Financial Planning Today.

Quilter has appointed former Ignis Asset Management chief executive Christopher Samuel as chair of Quilter Financial Planning.

Stephen Gazard, group managing director of Quilter’s advice business, is to become chief executive of Quilter Financial Planning, replacing Andy Thompson who will leave later this month.