UK wealth manager Charles Stanley has opened its first office in Northern Ireland, with a new team in Belfast.

The Belfast office will be based at the Scottish Provident Building, 7 Donegall Square West in the city-centre.

This office brings Charles Stanley’s office total to 27 across the UK.

The Belfast office will be led by newly-appointed directors of financial planning, Alexandra Price and Neil Torney, who have both joined from Tilney. They report to John Redpath, executive director of financial planning in Edinburgh.

Ms Price worked at Tilney for three years as a financial planner where she ad...