The UK investment house is building up its new team in the Solent region.

Raymond James has appointed discretionary investment managers Liam Pryce-Jones and Robert Hale to its new Solent office.

The pair, who previously worked at Charles Stanley, join Nicola Tomlin, who set up the new business last month, as founding partners. Tomlin is also a former Charles Stanley investment manager

Raymond James has over 32,000 client accounts representing just over £6 billion ($7.5 billion) in total assets as at 30 June 2016.

Last week, the firm partnered with Neptune to launch a new discretionary fund management business called Equester Capital Management.