SJP managing director Ian Gascoigne to step down

Gascoigne was with the wealth manager for more than 30 years as an executive and has spent the last 19 as a board director. He will remain with the group on a part-time basis in an advisory capacity and will also continue to serve as a trustee of the St. James's Place Charitable Foundation. Following Gascoigne's retirement, Peter Edwards will continue to be responsible for the UK partnership and Iain Rayner will remain responsible for key relationships with the partnership's largest businesses and the Asian operations. Both will then report directly to chief executive Andrew Croft.  ...