Wealth manager and Financial Planner Sanlam UK has made two senior appointments at its Harrogate office and plans to expand the hub further.

Almost half of UK adults (48%) are shunning financial advisers despite 88% of advised clients saying they were financially prepared for retirement.

Forty million UK adults are “rolling the dice” when it comes to their retirement, admitting that they either have not or did not set savings targets for their retirement.

Sanlam Investments, part of international financial services group Sanlam Ltd, has launched a US Absolute Return Fund.