Robo-advice: Is the tail wagging the dog?

Another day, another robo-advice headline. It's a human truth: we love to dissect a new trend and debate its merits. Internet communication amplifies this and we risk developing a distorted view of priorities; in particular, how to fill the growing mass-market advice gap. Here's some context: type in robo-advice and Google returns over 900k entries. That's nearly 300k more than the sunset clause, 400k more than MiFID II and over 500k more than the Financial Market Advice Review (FAMR). The debate stems from ambiguity about what constitutes robo-advice and sensitivities around th...