Polaris to roll out robo-advisory service to Asia’s financial firms, backed by Richard Li’s FWD unit

Rising demand for highly automated wealth management services from traditional financial institutions has put mainland Chinese start-up Polaris, a specialist provider of robo-advisory systems, on the fast track to steady domestic and international expansion, according to its chief executive.

“We have a unique position in the market as a business-to-business robo-advisory solutions company,” Polaris chief executive Zheng Yudong told the South China Morning Post.