Suleman Din

"The run-of-the-mill robo isn't going to attract investments anymore," says Alois Pirker, research director for Aite Group's Wealth Management practice.

The trends to watch next year in automated advice.

Here are strategies and data to remember from fellow advisors and industry analysts.

Digital offering assets at big firms will dwarf those of independent firms, Tiburon predicts.

Tiburon expects a great extinction among independent, venture capital-backed digital advice providers, according to Managing Partner Chip Roame. "Three or five will survive," he predicts.

Digital offering assets at big firms will dwarf those of independent firms, Tiburon predicts.

A private equity firm will help the robo RIA evaluate financing options.

The firm could resurrect its U.S. brokerage business online, analysts say. However, Deutsche executives have said they were unsure about their U.S. plans for automated advice.

With automated advice platforms now a standard offering, the easy assumption is that technology is being universally adopted by advisors. Key insights from our annual Tech Survey, though, challenge that notion.

Watch this next year: Digital startups like Blooom may make interesting inroads into the DC space.