Close Brothers Asset Management is hiring again – this time recruiting James Ballinger as practice director for its London advice team.

Though he comes from a “traditional” wealth management background for the main – 13 years at Saunderson House, where he became associate director – Mr Ballinger most recently spent an eight-month stint working for robo-advice firm Moneyfarm.

At Moneyfarm he was head of advisory, managing the investment advisory team and assisting i...