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Predictions 2025: A Changing Of The Generational Guard, Adoption Of AI, And An Embrace Of Tokenized Assets
The upcoming year will see investment firms wrestle with restless offspring and technologies that have moved from “emerging” to “almost there.” In other words, 2025 will feel like a centuries-old industry has just hit its teens.
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“Nothing’s Gonna Touch You In These Golden Years”? Only Half Of Americans Know How To Save For Retirement
David Bowie’s classic song “Golden Years” tells us to “look at that sky, life’s begun.” But retirement’s “golden years” are looking less golden for Americans. Forrester data indicates that many Americans are willing to work past the age of retirement or even work a part-time job in retirement to supplement their income.
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Our predictions may not be a crystal ball, but they offer a clear view of what’s ahead. Visit our 2025 Predictions hub featuring guides, blogs, and webinars to give B2B, B2C, and technology leaders a competitive edge in 2025.
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AI For Advisors, Digitizing Life Planning, And Investing For The Masses Highlight Finovate’s First-Ever Wealth Management Track
Wealth management firms must still balance the innovation AI offers with the oversight and governance expected from regulators. As AI continues make inroads in wealth management, it’s important for firms to use explainable AI tools that provide trust, transparency, and explainability to “black box” AI systems.
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Digital Asset Custody: A Primer
We analyze the key trends and drivers of the digital asset custody market, key tech supporting digital asset custody, the core capabilities of representative custody providers, and early good practices for integrating these solutions.
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To Spark Innovation, Make The D In DEI About Disability, Too
People with disabilities are innately resourceful and can serve as the cornerstone of innovation at financial institutions. Learn four ways many firms miss out on this opportunity for innovation and inclusivity.
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Predictions 2024: Global Turmoil And Technologies, Both New And Mundane, Will Make Their Mark On Wealth Management
The wealth management industry will once again see the rise of new and old forces that will confuse, help, and hinder investors. Savvy, forward-thinking managers will detect clear signals amid the noise.
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Wealth Managers: Impact-Oriented Investors Need Your Help
Impact-Oriented Investors Are Waiting For A Reason To Take The Plunge Data from Forrester’s Financial Services Benchmark Recontact Survey, 2022, found that 15% of US online adult investors own sustainable investment products — a group we call “sustainable investors.” They are younger, wealthier, and more educated than the average investor. But wealth managers should also […]
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Three Best Practices From The Forrester Digital Experience Review™: US And Canada Mobile Investing Apps
To assess the digital experience, we reviewed the functionality and user experience of 12 North American mobile investing apps that target self-directed investors, and we provide an Excel-based tool that allows digital business leaders to evaluate their customers’ digital journeys.
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The Rise Of Female Investors In Malaysia
Demand For Investment Services Among Malaysian Women Is Up Female investors in Malaysia are on the rise. According to the nation’s stock exchange, there was a 36% increase in new trading accounts opened by female investors in 2021. They are also becoming more active, judging by the 194% increase in trading volumes between 2018 and […]
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Predictions 2023: Amid Market Turbulence, Professional Guidance Comes Back Into Vogue
Wealth management firms with both digitally savvy financial advisors and digital financial advice will be best suited to win over skittish investors and convert them into profitable, long-term customers.
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Understanding Investors In China’s Greater Bay Area
What You Should Know About Investors In China’s Greater Bay Area China has emerged as an attractive market for wealth management and investment firms due to its rapid economic growth and wealth accumulation. In particular, the Greater Bay Area (GBA) boasts one of the highest concentrations of high-net-worth individuals with substantial investable assets. The Wealth […]
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Some Research Themes For Financial Services In 2022 (Plus A Survey You Can Take To Help)
We’ve been diving deep into a number of topics that financial services executives and their teams care about (or should care about). Here are just five of the topics we find particularly interesting: Embedded finance. A crop of fintech startups and large financial providers are investing in embedded finance — in which financial products and […]
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Track The Generational And Behavioral Shifts In Europe’s Investors
European investors are changing. Understand their investment research behaviors to better serve and support them.
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APAC Countries Look To Strengthen Sustainable Finance Regulations
In APAC, vast political, economic, and social differences among countries pose an impact on sustainable finance regulations. Even for ESG factors that are easiest to measure and compare — carbon emission, for example — there are still no common goals in the region. Only China (pledged to become carbon-neutral in 2060), South Korea (2050), Japan (2050), New Zealand (2050), and Indonesia (2060) have set a net-zero target, leading to different approaches and progress in regulating sustainable finance activities.
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The European Union’s Sustainable Finance Regulation Jigsaw Is Almost Complete
The EU has committed to becoming the first climate-neutral bloc in the world by 2050. Learn which regulations will support this transition.
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Financial Services Firms Can Earn Trust With A Real Commitment To Sustainability
Financial services firms that embrace sustainable business models have an opportunity to win over values-based customers.
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How COVID-19 Forced Wealth Managers To Become More Hybrid
The Pandemic Signaled A Shift To Hybrid Sales And Service Models 2020 was a year of reckoning as face-to-face interactions disappeared and demand for digital engagement skyrocketed. This compelled wealth management firms to accelerate their digital transformations and upgrade their sales, service, and advisory capabilities. Over the past 12 months, the model approach has permanently […]
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Building A Private Bank For The Next Generation
Significant gaps continue to exist in private banking, forcing firms to rethink pricing and organizational models. As a result, high-net-worth clients are not fully benefiting from some of the digital innovations that are changing how customers interact with their private banks. To identify the top “Global Private Banking Trends In 2021,” we interviewed senior executives […]
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The Road To Sustainable Finance Will Be Long And Thorny
Tariq Fancy — BlackRock’s former chief investment officer of sustainable investing — caused an uproar recently when he denounced sustainable investing as just “marketing hype” and “PR spin.” Well, the spin is clearly working, with Morningstar announcing record inflows into sustainable funds in Q4 2020. Financial services firms have a large role to play in […]
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