Standard Life, part of Phoenix Group, is backing the Samaritans charity with a series of activities ahead of Christmas to ensure people know where to turn to if they are struggling to cope during the festive period.

Investment manager and SIPP provider Redmayne Bentley is celebrating its 145-year anniversary by funding the training and support of 145 Samaritans volunteers for a year.

The Office for National Statistics has released details of suicides by occupation, showing that 52 people describing themselves as finance and investment analysts and advisers took their own lives between 2011 and 2015.