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Report:Must-Have Features For Client Sites Of Wealth Management Firms

Best Practices From The Secure Websites Of Leading US Investment Firms

Forrester's research shows that web access on a personal computer remains, overwhelmingly, the touchpoint of choice for US investors who want to see their accounts or make a trade. In fact, getting...

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Report:2013 Mobile Wealth Management Functionality Benchmark

E-Trade And Fidelity Lead The Pack

With investor expectations rising and substantial business at stake, digital wealth management teams know they need to improve their portfolios of mobile sites and apps. Forrester evaluated the...

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Report:Collaborative Advice

Using Digital Touchpoints To Enhance Advisor-Client Relationships

In the past, financial advisors and agents typically didn't involve clients in the advice generation process. They worked their magic behind the scenes and then presented clients with the final...

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Report:More US Investors Adopt eDelivery, But Most Still Get Paper

Eager to reduce the costs of mailing paper statements and other client communications, investment firms have been promoting electronic delivery (eDelivery) to their customers. It's working: The...

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Report:Customer Advocacy 2012: How Customers Rate US Banks, Investment Firms, And Insurers

Our research shows that a key driver of deeper customer relationships among financial services consumers is a trait we call "customer advocacy" — the perception on the part of customers that a...

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Report:Which Digital Touchpoints Should You Focus On Now?

Use The Splinternet Engagement Index To Jumpstart Your Agile Commerce Strategy

This report, originally written for market insights professionals, includes content relevant to eBusiness and channel strategy professionals. Here's why: The golden age of the Web is over. The...

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Report:Case Study: Vanguard Uses Social Media To Learn From Its Clients

Adoption of social media among investors is relatively high, but many investment firms have been slow to embrace the medium. The Vanguard Group has had success by using social media to engage with...

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Report:Case Study: Ameriprise Uses LinkedIn To Help Consumers Find Advisors

Social media will have an outsized impact on relationship-based businesses like investment firms, life insurers, and private banks. Some of these wealth management firms are piloting programs that...

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Report:How To Create A Site That Appeals To Affluent Investors

Use Importance And Quality Ratings To Prioritize Improvements To Your Site

Four out of five US online affluent investors visit their investment firms' websites at least a few times a year. What secure-site features do they value most? Account inquiry features —...

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Report:The Top Five Trends In Digital Wealth Management For 2012

Mobile, Social, Video, Advice, And Usability Will Change Retail Investing

Rocketing adoption — by financial advisors and agents as well as investors — is driving five digital trends that will change the wealth management industry. Smart eBusiness managers will...

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Report:The ROI Of Mobile Investing And Mobile Trading

Making The Business Case For Mobile Efforts At Wealth Management Firms

Mobile has become a high priority for eBusiness teams at wealth management and investment firms. In the US, the proportion of online adults who use the mobile channel to manage their investments rose...

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Report:Mobile And Social Technologies Come Late To Wealth Management

Younger Generations Are Just The First Wave Of Mobile and Social Adopters

To date, traditional investment and life insurance firms have been insulated from the disruptive forces of mobile and social technologies because their best clients are older. In countries around the...

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Report:Case Study: Generali France Supports Financial Advisors With Innovative Mobile B2B App

With The Launch Of iNomineo, Generali Focuses On A Major Revenue Source

Generali France's iNomineo app for the iPhone offers financial advisors mobile access to client information, details of clients' holdings and past transactions, and graphic illustrations of market...

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Report:How Clients Want To Interact With Financial Advisors

Younger Consumers Prefer Online Chat, Websites, And Email

Now more than ever, clients are using new channels to communicate with their financial advisors. Younger clients show a strong preference for communicating with advisors through digital channels like...

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Report:Affluent Investors Seek Online Collaboration

Smart Full-Service Firms Will Use The Web To Connect Advisors And Clients

Forrester's data shows that more than one in four affluent US investors express interest in online collaborative advice tools such as co-browsing. In fact, the largest segment of affluent investors...

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Report:Full-Service Wealth Management Firms: It's Time To Transform Your Websites

Website Quality Is Positively Correlated To More Money From Clients

Advisor-based firms serving the wealthiest US investors have neglected the online channel for years, leaning heavily on the person-to-person channel instead. But full-service firms' clients are...

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Report:Customer Advocacy 2011: How Customers Rate US Banks, Investment Firms, And Insurers

Two years after a near collapse of the financial system, consumer trust in many US financial institutions has returned. But some firms rank much higher than others in our customer advocacy ratings....

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Report:How US Consumers Research And Buy Investment Products

Purchasers Have Often Researched Through A Different Channel

Over the past year, 7% of US online adults have purchased an investment product. While the online channel is the most popular channel for researching, the in-person channel is the most popular for...

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Report:The State Of Mobile Investing

Mobile is the hot channel these days. A number of investment firms have developed mobile apps, and many offer dedicated mobile Web sites. Consumer adoption is ticking up: Today, 11% of investors are...

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Report:US Investors Adopt eDelivery, But Most Still Want Paper

To Boost Adoption, Executives Need To Educate Customers About The Benefits

The number of investors who receive statements and other account communications in electronic form is up substantially over the past three years. But most investors still cling to paper. Why? Many...

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Report:Which Investors Are Likely To Adopt eDelivery?

Potential Adopters Are Younger, Secure Online, And Open To Ads And Advice

More and more US investors are opting to receive statements and other account communications online. But the numbers remain small: Just 22% of US investors have gone online-only for an investment...

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Report:Customer Advocacy 2010: How Canadian Customers Rate Their Banks

Forrester's research shows that a key driver of customer retention and deeper customer relationships is a trait we call "customer advocacy," the perception by customers that a firm does what's best...

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Report:Which Firms Do US Investor Segments Use?

The Wealth Management Firms Each Of Our Nine Investor Segments Use

To understand the behavior of US investor households, Forrester analyzes two dimensions that meaningfully distinguish individual investors: investable assets and self-directedness. We combine these...

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Report:How To Reach US Investor Segments

The Media That Each Of Our Nine Investor Segments Consumes

Forrester combines two dimensions that meaningfully distinguish individual investors — investable assets and self-directedness — to create nine discrete investor segments. Among other...

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Report:Segmenting US Investors, 2010

Forrester's Segmentation Combines Self-Directedness And Investable Assets

Forrester's segmentation of investors by self-directedness has yielded powerful insights for years. Asset-based segmentations remain fundamental for wealth management firms. By combining...

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