St James’s Place has taken another hammering in one of the UK’s most-read Sunday newspapers after The Sunday Times published accounts from women alleging sexist practices at the firm.

A 36-year-old who worked for one of the firm’s partner advisers, said she was described as a “pocket rocket” by a colleague, while others implied she would do well from a sales perspective because of her looks, she said.

The woman, who began her training at St James’s Place Academy in 2017, described t...