The goal of the Hearts & Wallets™ series is to illuminate new, smart ways to cultivate underserved, yet potentially very profitable, customer segments. We are driven by the conviction that better products and services, inspired by unmet end-customer needs, are the source of competitive advantage, across all distribution channels, in our investment services industry as in other industries. As industry practitioners who are also researchers, we develop qualitative research, quantitative panels, market sizing, competitive landscapes and benchmark studies that, time and time again, answer the questions that the industry is just about to ask—in the way that practitioners want them answered.

Topics of Interest

Our current research interests are:

- Strategies and messaging for revitalizing wealth accumulation, saving & investing

- Rebuilding trust following the crash

- Best practices in saving and investing for retirement

- Generation and lifestage trends

- New applications of technology in financial services, social networking, using technology to work with, not in place of, live channels

- Changing investment decision process: beyond “self-directed” and “delegators”

- Customer engagement models: from difficult tasks, to seeking help, to taking action

- Stimulating trial and acquisition

- Consolidation strategies: winning “hearts” and wallets”

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