UK wealth manager St James’s Place has added two high-profile advisers and a new chief investment officer to its ranks after reporting net inflows of £600m (€667m) during the third quarter.

Vivian Bazalgette, the former chief investment officer at Prudential M&G - now M&G Investments - who retired in 2002, and Peter Dunscombe, head of investments at the BBC Pension Scheme for the past decade, are to become advisers to St James's Place. The firm has also hired Chris Ralph, formerly of Fidelity and Ignis, as chief investment officer.