In the last few years well-established markets have been totally disrupted by a combination of new technology and innovative business models – just think Spotify, Uber, Airbnb or Dropbox. Now we are witnessing similar digital innovation in the retail investment market with the dawn of robo-advice – an automated, process-driven advice solution, developed to meet the straight-forward needs of consumers at lower cost than traditional channels. But is this really the Uberisation of the retail financial market? Will financial advisers really get replaced by robots? This white paper considers the longer-term future of the robo-advice market, how current robo-advice 1.0 businesses will fare, who the potential new entrants will be, the new technologies on the horizon, and the breadth of services that will be offered…..
