Robo-advisers face an uphill struggle in Asia

Automated investment programmes are only just starting to emerge in Asian wealth management, but some are already predicting that the region's independent robo-advisers may prove short-lived. The traditional banks that these platforms have in their gun sights are not standing still but building up their defences against the threat of technological disruption (the second in this two-part series will look at these developments in more detail). These efforts mean they look likely t…