Trends Report

Investment Companies All Talk Alike

Investment Companies Fail To Produce Content That Gives Customers Reason To Believe Them

March 8th, 2018
Ryan Skinner, null
Ryan Skinner
With contributors:
Alyson Clarke , Melissa Parrish , Benjamin Ensor , Davis Janowski , Miriam Oesterreich , Christine Turley

Summary

Investment firms are fighting for an estimated $30 trillion in new assets under management for individuals between 2015 and 2020. And new digital investment firms (so-called robo-advisors) join the cutthroat struggle for those dollars. You'd think that marketers promoting these firms were pulling out all the stops to demonstrate their client obsession; you'd be wrong. We undertook an audit of investment companies' content, which reflects little customer obsession and gives investors little reason to trust or differentiate any one company.

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