People Moves | 27 Oct 16

WHIreland hires a new wealth planner for its north of England division as KBI names a new senior VP of business development. Miton poaches British Steel’s pension fund manager while a former Punter Southall employees returns to the firm.

Asia | 27 Oct 16

Australia’s financial services regulator has told the country’s ‘Big Four’ and leading wealth manager AMP to repay at least A$178m (£111m, €125m, $136m) to more than 200,000 customers after charging them for financial advice they did not receive.

Asia | 27 Oct 16

The Malaysian-based wealth management firm, Farringdon Group, said it plans to launch Asia’s fist Shariah-compliant robo-adviser in December.

Asia | 27 Oct 16

Disruption of the funds management industry through the application of financial technology (fintech) is likely to come from mainland China, according to ICI Global, the international arm of the Investment Company Institute.

Companies | 27 Oct 16

Rising rents in the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC) and the cost of regulatory compliance maybe to blame for the sudden spate of departures from the free zone by three financial service providers.