HSBC’s chief executive Noel Quinn is to retire unexpectedly from the bank to “get a better balance” after what he described as an “intense” five years in the role.

SIPP and SSAS provider body the Association of Member-Directed Pension Schemes (AMPS) has warned that an increasing number of Small Self-Administered Schemes (SSAS) approvals are being rejected by HMRC.

Hargreaves Lansdown has posted a record £150bn assets under administration and said the number of net new clients climbed 48% to 1,858,000 active clients in the three months to the end of March.