St James's Place launches virtual reality training

Global wealth management group St. James's Place (SJP)  has rolled out virtual reality (VR) technology for training and role-playing across the business. The financial adviser and employee training is one of a number of planned launches from SJP's learning & development team using virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technology, the firm said. Virtual reality role-playing was first introduced through the SJP Academy in September 2021, according to SJP. Alongside in-person teaching, it provides a blend of face-to-face and remote-based learning that was adopted during the Cov...