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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: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: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: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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Blog:Mobile Investing Heats Up

Most wealth management firms have gotten a pass on mobile, because the people with the most money – older Boomers and Seniors – are the ones least likely to use the mobile Web or mobile...

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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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Tool:Our Segmentation Combines Self-Directedness And Assets

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Client Inquiry:The Impact Of Advisory On Customer Advocacy

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Client Inquiry:Competitive Analysis Of Mobile Strategy For US Wealth Management Firms

We are looking at competitor analysis for strategies and implementation, as well as current capabilities for other US wealth management (USWM) firms in mobility devices (e.g., smartphones and...

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Tool:Validators Show The Highest Level Of Interest In Most Online Collaborative Advice Tools

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Tool:More Than One In Four US Millionaires Show Interest In Online Collaborative Advice Tools

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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: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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Tool:Forrester's Nine-Segment Investor Segmentation Defined

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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: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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Tool:Our Segmentation Combines Self-Directedness And Assets

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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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Tool:Time-Sensitive Products Have Higher eDelivery Adoption Rates

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Report:The Wealth Management Firms US Investors Use

Where US Investor Segments Keep Their Assets

Significant changes in investor behavior have rendered old segmentations obsolete. Marketing leaders at financial services firms that serve US investors can benefit from Forrester's attitude-based...

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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: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 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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Tool:Generational Trends In Channel Preferences

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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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