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Investor Quantitative™ Database

New Needs & New Entrants: Strategic Moves for Next Generation Innovation in Robos & Advice

IQ Timely Topic
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: August 2020
Availability for license as an individual report: September 2020
Fintech and robo-advisor solutions are everywhere. They have dramatically increased their awareness and trial, but as currently structured, they are not capturing the mass-market. Also, digital advice is not just for early adopters as more Americans are seeking resources that enable more control. The thousands of competitors and new entrants, combined with different user profiles, make it difficult to evaluate where the opportunities lie. This report provides the latest information and data on how investors are blending technology and live advice solutions, where the money is going for new entrants and consumer needs that will likely present future opportunities in fintech. Read more
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Disruptive Needs and the Evolving Competitive Landscape
Roboadvisers make slow progress gaining ground with investors
Who actually uses robo advisors? New data reveals surprising answers
Less than one in 10 U.S. households use robo-advisory platforms
Robos Have Attention. But Not Enough of It: Report
Robo Competition Heating Up as More Americans Gain Digital Aptitude
How Robos Are Gaining Traction By Providing Critical Digital Advice
Wealthy Millennials and Experienced Investors: Where Robos Are Gaining Traction and Strategies to Capture the Mass Market

Timely Topic Helping Consumers Navigate Diverse Situations as COVID-19 Evolves: Responses to Uncertainty, Job Loss and Need for Cash

IQ Timely Topic
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: June 2020
Availability for license as an individual report: June 2020
This second COVID-19 tracking supplement examines the pandemic’s impact to health, work, saving investing and advice behaviors, connecting to core fields from Investor Quantitative™ Database. Over 29 million households have 1 or more partners out of work, which has significantly impact consumer’s finances and attitudes. As a result of the extraordinary levels of unemployment, report findings are weighted for unemployment, in addition to age and assets, to ensure that the voices of the unemployed were counted adequately in the national figures. The report covers financial goals, economic concerns, attitudes toward financial advice and advisors, sources of advice, spending, saving, financial responses, and consumer attitudes toward public policy. Read more
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Consumer Needs in the Era of COVID-19: Generating Cash, Taking Action and Seeking Advice
Sizing the Present: Historical Context and Future Trends
Student loans get cheaper, but college is a big question amid COVID-19
New study focuses on impact pandemic is having on saving, investing and advice behaviors
COVID-19 U.S. Snapshot: Big Dip in Willingness to Fund College; Health Care Biggest Worry for Unemployed

Timely Topic Impact of COVID-19 on Saving, Investing and Advice: Executive Highlights from March 25-30 Tracking Data

IQ Timely Topic
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: April 2020
Availability for license as an individual report: April 2020
This special tracking appendix examines the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on U.S. consumer finances, attitudes and behaviors. This just-fielded data reveals impacts by generation, asset level, and work and health status. The analysis looks at income and spending cut-backs, changes in goals and financial actions, changes to investment mix and more. Read more
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How the COVID-19 Crisis is Impacting Saving, Investing and Advice
Pandemic Reveals Overwhelming Need for Financial Wellness Programs
Millennials hit hardest in this economy, report says
COVID-19 Financial Woes: Big Drops in Millennials Saving for a Home and Gen Xers Saving for Children’s College

Wants & Pricing: Competition Heats Up as Consumers Seek Multi-Channel Access and Pricing Clarity

IQ Insight Module
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: March 2020
Availability for license as an individual report: April 2020
Examine pricing trends and the importance of customer wants for firms and financial professionals. In this report, U.S. households rate their top two financial services providers on 27 attributes for 5 key service dimensions and 3 pricing measurements. Satisfaction ratings include customer ratings for the top 24 providers nationally. Top Performer firms have ratings from their customers on top wants distinctly higher than customer ratings of other firms. Read more
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Life After “Free”: Future of Pricing and Competitive Performance on Top Wants
What do women want from their financial advisers? Straight talk, clear explanations, and lower fees, for starters
What Women 50+ Want From Financial Advisers — Much More Than Men
Clients don’t grasp fees, and that’s bad for business
Many Long-term Investors Are Now First-time Financial Advice Seekers
Is it bad that clients don't understand how financial services providers earn money?
Clients Want More Access to Financial Advice Across More Channels
What Are Clients Asking For Today? More Access, More Mobile
Ameriprise Financial Named "Top Performer" in Customer Satisfaction Ratings
Access Demand Across Consumer Touchpoints Escalating for Financial Services Providers

Pain Points & Actions: How Helping on the Biggest Difficulties Can Unleash Multiple Consumer Actions

IQ Insight Module
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: February 2020
Availability for license as an individual report: March 2020
Understand financial pain points that can shape products and services to support action taking. This report analyzes the level of difficulty consumers have with key financial tasks, rates of seeking help, and actions consumers are taking and plan to take in the future. Read more
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The Domino Effect: Multiple Pain Points, Seeking Help and Taking Action
The Power of Multiples: How to Reduce Financial Pain Points
The Power of Multiples: How to Reduce Financial Pain Points

Attitudes & Sentiment: Consumer Beliefs to Guide Strategic Decisions and New Product Development

IQ Insight Module
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: January 2020
Availability for license as an individual report: February 2020
Get the full picture on consumer goals, sentiments, concerns and attitudes toward saving and investing to guide strategy and inform decisions. Read more
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What Consumers Care Most About: Now vs. Later & Implications for Business Strategies
Forget Retirement. 39% of Workers Want Help With Student Loans
Debt, Saving & Taxes: Can employers play a role in the management of student loan repayment?
The UN and AARP Team Up for Age-Diverse Workforces
Debt, Saving and Taxes: Role of Employers in Student Loan Repayment, Desire to Save More, and Impact of State and Local Taxes (SALT), New Report

Trust Drivers 2019: Building Retail Investor Trust in the New Choice-Driven Marketplace

IQ Timely Topic
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: November 2019
Availability for license as an individual report: November 2019
This report examines key drivers of investor trust 2019, highlighting opportunities for firms to increase low trust and further enhance existing trust. This trust roadmap is build upon a regression analysis that assessed over 90 variables as possible influencers of trust in specific saving, investing and advice relationships. Read more
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Establishing Investor Trust Today
What Builds – or Busts – Investors' Trust?
Investor Trust: Drivers, Builders and Busters
What Really Drives Financial Trust?
How to Improve Trust: Top 10 Investor Trust Drivers, Trust Builders & Busters

Investment Products & Asset Managers: How a Mutual Fund Revival Can Overcome Confusion to Get Consumers Investing Again

IQ Insight Module
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: October 2019
Availability for license as an individual report: October 2019
This report analyzes U.S. household asset allocation, product types, online brokerage and awareness of asset managers. Learn about the dynamics between high cash and investor confusion. The last third of the report taps into 30 metrics that track asset managers to reveal consumer-reported awareness of shareholder awareness and top performer asset managers. Read more
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Over Their Heads and Holding Cash: Consumer Trends in Investment Products
Getting Consumers Investing Again
Get Consumers Investing Again: $10T Sitting in Cash; Break Through “Double Confusion”

Wealth Transfer & Family Discussions: Growing Generosity, Desire to Discuss, and Benefits of Partner Planning for Retirement

IQ Timely Topic
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: August 2019
Availability for license as an individual report: September 2019
This report analyzes household involvement in inheritances, incidence of small funded trust accounts and impact on a variety of attitudes and wants. Find out what types of family conversations about money are occurring and who is driving them. See quantifiable benefits of partner retirement planning. Read more
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Money Talks: Wealth Transfer, Family Discussions and Partner Planning
Investors Want Help Talking Inheritance. Shops Can Provide: Study
Inheritance plans still a needlessly taboo topic
Great Expectations for Inheritances
Great Expectations for Inheritances; Positive Impacts of Partner Planning in Wealth Transfer

Money Movement: Tap into Consumer Motivations to Drive Trial and Transfers

IQ Insight Module
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: July 2019
Availability for license as an individual report: August 2019
This report provides actionable insights and greater visibility into transaction dynamics both at origin and destination for a full picture of opportunities and potential threats. Transactions covered include new deposits in new accounts, transfers, rollovers and cashouts from employer plans. Life events and the factors motivating money movement are analyzed. Read more
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Easy and Beyond: Trends in Trial, Rollover and Advice
Money Talks: Wealth Transfer, Family Discussions and Partner Planning
Top Goal of 401k Money Movers: Simplify Finances
Why Do Participants Roll Out of 401(k)s?
Simplification Trend Drives Money Movement as Younger Consumers Take the Lead in Transactions
Simplification Trend Drives Money Movement as Younger Consumers Take the Lead in Transactions

Retirement & Funding: Mix it Up! Calling for Personalized Recipes Blending Part-time Work, Creative Approaches to Real Estate, and New Progress Measures

IQ Insight Module
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: May 2019
Availability for license as an individual report: June 2019
Trends covered in this report include changes in the age of stopping work, working part-time, the role of real estate as both a big spending type and an asset. The importance of human capital and blending income sources comes to life in a pre/post-retirement spending analysis, metrics on changes in consumer saving behaviors, and discussion of shortcomings of traditional retirement preparedness metrics. Read more
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What Do Domino’s Pizza and Workplace Retirement Plans Have in Common?
Preretirees aren’t being realistic about expenses in retirement—and it’s not just health care
Here’s the Reality About What We’ll Spend in Retirement
Not-Yet-Retirees Miscalculate Retirement Income
The Finance of Longevity
Opportunities for Highly Personal Retirement Income Recipes

Stores & Success Metrics: Redefining Success Measures in a Marketplace of Multiple Relationships and Lower Share of Wallet

IQ Insight Module
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: May 2019
Availability for license as an individual report: June 2019
This report covers trends in consumer relationships with their saving and investing "stores," or where they "buy" investing and advice. Data include number of relationships, reach and asset share of specific stores, trust, intent to recommend and intent to invest more, overall by store. Read more
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Shop Around: Secrets of Success
Investors Divvy Up Assets Among More Providers, Pushing Shops to Adapt
Edward Jones, Charles Schwab, Morgan Stanley Among Most Trusted by Consumers
Share of Wallet at Leading Financial Services Firms Drops as Multiple Relationships for Consumers at All-Time High
Share of Wallet at Leading Financial Services Firms Drops as Multiple Relationships for Consumers at All-Time High

Income & Net Worth: Ideas to Drive Consumer-centric Innovation by Helping with Personal Headwinds

IQ Insight Module
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: March 2019
Availability for license as an individual report: May 2019
This section of the IQ Database covers the foundation of household finance. It begins with employment, since the ability to deploy human capital for income in labor markets is the foundation of wealth accumulation for most people. Written for industry practitioners rather than academics, this report uses national statistics to set context, analyzes lifestage, investable asset segments, and specific groups where appropriate, such as households with one or more partners working "gigs," and includes commentary on implications for saving, investing and advice. This report covers spending, by type, and saving, to complete the picture of household budget. Statistics and analysis of debt and real estate round out the picture of consumer household finance. Read more
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Show Me the Money
Brokerage accounts are becoming more popular—here’s when you should open one
Gig Workers Receptive to Financial Advice
Gig workers would welcome some financial advice
How your company may be hurting your retirement savings
Tailoring Financial Advice Solutions to Address Personal Adversities of Diverse Consumer Groups
Tailoring Financial Advice Solutions to Address Personal Adversities of Diverse Consumer Groups

Wants & Pricing: How Top Performers Crack the Code to Get Customer Wants Right

IQ Insight Module
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: February 2019
Availability for license as an individual report: April 2019
This report covers 25+ "wants," or the service dimensions consumers expect from their stores, and 10 wants from financial professionals, nationally, by lifestage and investable asset segments. Satisfaction ratings for the 20+ biggest stores result in Top Performer designations for those stores who outperform the pack. This report covers consumer awareness of pricing, pricing mechanisms, and to the extent possible, amounts as perceived by consumers, showing that flat fee pricing is gaining momentum in specific areas. Grounded in the belief that consumers should be able to buy what they want (hence the name of this section of IQ Database), this report also includes a fascinating analysis of how consumers who pay financial professionals fees differ from consumers who receive "free" advice. Read more
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The Power of Love
Top Performing Financial Firms According to Clients
At Wells Fargo, Cost Cuts and Shrinking Revenues
In the Middle of its “Rough Patch,” Here’s How Consumers Rate Wells Fargo Advisors
Customers of Financial Services Firms Rate the Top Performers
Customers of Financial Services Firms Rate the Top Performers; Reveal Their Top Wants from Financial Firms and Professionals

Advice & Technology: Beyond Traditional Market Models, Receptivity to Professional Advice and the Mobile Payments Connection

IQ Insight Module
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: November 2018
Availability for license as an individual report: December 2018
This report uses the traditional three-point spectrum from self-direction to delegation as a springboard for a deeper examination of consumer behaviors using 15 sources of advice. The analysis at reliance on each source reveals that stated preference and behavior often diverge. The findings quantify "hybrid" users of advice, meaning consumers who use both online and people, tracking growth nationally, and provides current statistics for 36 cohorts of age and investable asset groups. Digging deeper into use of technology, the report tracks 10+ online activities, by computer and mobile. This report analyzes reliance on 15 sources of saving and investment information and advice, and 13 online activities by device. This year's report includes a special section that analyzes the connection between mobile payments and use of mobile for saving, investing and advice. Read more
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Ringing in the New Year with Tech and Advice Insights
The rise of the DIY investor
Do You Take Venmo? Mobile Pay Poised to Disrupt Investment Industry: Report
Fewer Investors Want To Be On Their Own, Study Says
Investors Rely on 401(k) Providers the Most for Financial Advice
Going Solo? Not When It Comes To Investment Advice
More Investors Use Paid Investment Pros, Fewer “Go Solo”; Rich and Young Mostly “Hybrid” Online and Advisors

Attitudes & Sentiment: Goal-Centric Consumers, the Advisory Relationship and Dreams of Retirement

IQ Insight Module
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: October 2018
Availability for license as an individual report: November 2018
This report begins with consumer sentiment, including feelings about financial future, perceived experience with investing, and risk tolerance, analyzing trends over time and by lifetage and investable asset segments. The report analyzes 14 goals ranging all aspects of life financial and investing goals, and 12 financial and political concerns. The analysis of current year results for 17 of the 43 attitudes tracked at different points over the 10-year history of IQ Database, covers employment and retirement, service-pricing, engagement, saving and spending, banking and insurance. Particular focus is given to crosstabs and competitive analysis of "I understand what a financial advisor does," a new attitude on debt and the frequently requested refresh of the attitude "I like to bank and invest at the same firm." Read more
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Mind the Advice Gap
Measuring The Value, And Costs, Of Financial Advice
Retirement Cash-Outs a Growing Problem, Reports Show
Top Trends in Consumer Attitudes in 2018: The Link Between Understanding What Advice Is and Seeing Value in Paying for Professional Help

Pain Points & Actions: Insights to Address Large Advice Gaps by Reaching Consumers With Unmet Needs

IQ Insight Module
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: October 2018
Availability for license as an individual report: October 2018
This report analyzes current year difficulty with 20 of the 26 tasks tracked at different points over the 10-year history of the IQ Database, highlighting the most important observations by lifestage and investable assets groups. These same tasks are tracked as reasons for seeking help, where the difference between the difficulty and seeking help is the advice gap. This report also examines selected tasks by store, providing interesting competitive insights that provide inspiration for further individualized competitive analysis in Hearts & Wallets interactive software IQ Dataminer. Read more
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Mind the Advice Gap
Scary financial tasks make most people run the other way
Consumers ‘More Confused Than Ever’ By Financial Planning
Hearts & Wallets: Narrow TDF vintages restricting sales
Investors Don’t Seek Help With Difficult Financial Tasks: Study
Bridging the Big Advice Gaps
Big Advice Gaps: When Financial Tasks Are Difficult, Consumers Don’t Seek Help

Investment Products & Asset Managers: Building Product Relevancy Through Customer Insights

IQ Insight Module
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: August 2018
Availability for license as an individual report: September 2018
This report analyzes consumer awareness and behaviors for both asset class allocations and ownership of investment product types. It includes trended data on penetration rates of different product types as well as consumer-reported estimates for how much of their portfolios are in each product type. This report covers online brokerage ownership and consumer-report trading behaviors. The final third of this report analyzes consumer-reported ownership by mutual fund manager, including consumers who are sure they are shareholders in each manager's products as well as consumers who think they might be, and then profiles households who report they are "definitely" shareholders of Fidelity, Vanguard, American Funds, J.P. Morgan and Franklin Templeton mutual funds. Read more
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Mission Possible: Making Investment Products Exciting Again
1 in 5 Investors Can’t Name the Funds They Own: Report
Fidelity, Vanguard have greatest name recognition among consumers
Investments? One in Five Can’t Name Products Owned or Firms Behind Them
Fidelity and Vanguard Lead in Shareholder Awareness in Investment Products and Asset Managers Metrics Report

Money Movement: Insights to Outsmart the Competition as New Accounts are on the Rise

IQ Insight Module
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: July 2018
Availability for license as an individual report: August 2018
Hone competitive strategies and product development with a multidimensional view of money movement. Go beyond firm proprietary system data to gain greater visibility into transaction number and activity – both completed and being considered – for new and existing relationships. Identify transaction movement sources and destinations, amounts, timing and motivating factors by firm. Read more
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Moneyball: Insights to Outsmart the Competition in Money Movement
B of A Merrill, Fidelity Lead the Pack With 401(k) Rollovers: Survey
New Wealth, New Relationships Fuel Today's Money-Movement
Money Movement Up, Especially in New Accounts with New Deposits; Half of Transactions Involve New Relationships

Retirement & Funding: Building Informed Expectations about Sources of Income in Retirement

IQ Insight Module
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: May 2018
Availability for license as an individual report: June 2018
Gain insight into yet-to-retire consumers and their expectations for work and source of income in contrast to Post-Retirees. Learn what really matters in advice, the role of employer-sponsored plans, and ways to measure progress toward retirement. Learn more
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Expectations vs. Realities of Retirement & Funding
How seniors are redefining retirement
Looking for steady retirement income? There’s hope for a simpler, cheaper way
'Quiet' Retirement Income Sources Screaming for Attention
Pre-Retirees More Concerned About Falling Short in Retirement
Major Discrepancy Between Retirement Income Expectations Versus Reality
Could This Reduce Our Retirement Income Anxiety?
Surprises in Retirement Income: Overlooked and Coveted Nest Eggs
Brokerage Accounts, Dividends Critical Sources of Retirement Income
Income Needs Will Force People To Work Into Retirement, Study Says
Surprises in Retirement Income: Overlooked and Coveted Nest Eggs

Income & Net Worth: Thirst for Liquidity and Other Actionable Surprises in Human Capital and Household Finance

IQ Insight Module
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: March 2018
Availability for license as an individual report: May 2018
Gain a complete understanding of consumer wealth with this report. Learn actionable insights into the top consumer needs in household finance -- from a thirst for capital liquidity to funding education, healthcare and unexpected expenses -- to shape advice and guidance, new products and go-to-market strategies. Learn more
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Actionable Surprises in Household Finance
An increasing number of savers are rejecting retirement accounts in favor of these investments
Workers Divert 401(k) Savings to Brokerages, Banks: Report
Americans Looking For Liquidity, Says Study
Consumers, Craving Liquidity, Save Less in Retirement Plans: Study
‘Thirst For Liquidity’ Hurting 401k Savings Rates
Retirement Scan
Consumer Thirst for Liquidity Drives Account Growth and Creative Approaches to Real Estate
Consumer Thirst for Liquidity Drives Account Growth and Creative Approaches to Real Estate

Stores & Success Metrics: Winning the "Hearts & Wallets" of Customers

IQ Insight Module
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: February 2018
Availability for license as an individual report: April 2018
Understand customer success metrics for the top investment, banking and retirement plan firms, or “stores,” most often cited by their customers. Learn which customers are using multiple stores - an increasingly common trend and the overall increase in consumer trust. This report measures customer trust and loyalty, including the Hearts & Wallets Loyalty Predictor – a combination of intent to invest more and the intent to recommend measures. Learn more
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Go for Gold: Top Performers on Loyalty and Other Success Metrics
Ed Jones, USAA Again Earn Top Scores in Trust: Report
Hearts & Wallets: Investor trust on the rise
Clients Rate Top Financial Services Firms in 6 Categories
Most Trusted 401k Financial Firms
How Do Consumers Rate Their Financial Services Companies?
Customers Rate Top Performer Financial Services Firms on Trust, Leading Indicators for Success and Business Metrics

Wants & Pricing: Helping Consumers Purchase What They Want in Saving and Investing

Investor Quantitative™ Database
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: January 2018
Availability for license as an individual report: February 2018
Dramatic shifts are occurring in consumer beliefs around pricing. Learn what consumers say they want and are willing to pay for in saving and investment. Understand the level of importance consumers place on 25 service dimension attributes and three pricing dimensions, plus how the top 23 firms cited most often perform. Learn more
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When the Price Is Right
USAA, Edward Jones, Ameriprise ranked most understandable by clients
Clients Rate Top Financial Services Firms in 13 Categories
Edward Jones Tops In Customer Satisfaction, Again
Ameriprise, Edward Jones, Wells Fargo Advisors Ranked Top Personal FA Firms
Who Do You Love? Customers of Financial Services Firms Reveal Top Performers That Win their Hearts
What Do Consumers Want Most From Financial Services Firms?
Ameriprise Nabs $185M Advisor Team from Edward Jones
Customers of Financial Services Firms Reveal Top Performers That Win the Hearts of Their Customers

Advice & Technology: Rise of Mobile & New Thinking on the "Hybrid Investor"

Investor Quantitative™ Database
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: November 2017
Availability for license as an individual report: December 2017
Understand the preferred decision-making process, the sources of advice and information for U.S. consumer groups, the blending of digital and live professional advice, and frequency of interaction with sources of advice and information. Learn more
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Rise of Mobile & New Thinking on the Hybrid Investor
More Clients Take a Hybrid Approach to Investing
Survey: 41% of Households Mix Digital, Human Financial Advice
Investors Blend Data Sources
Consumers Seek Multiple Sources Of Financial Advice
Fewer People Rely on Employer as a Source of Investment Advice
Mix It Up: Consumer Blending of Live and Digital Advice Grows as Does Blending of Financial Decision-Making Behaviors

Pain Points & Actions: Inspirations for Helping Younger Savers and Consumers in Phases of Retirement

Investor Quantitative™ Database
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: October 2017
Availability for license as an individual report: November 2017
Identify the most pressing financial pain points that different groups of consumers face, the reasons they seek help, and the actions they have taken and plan to take. Understand why younger consumers are struggling the most and the opportunities to create solutions. Learn more
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HELP! Consumers Need Somebody
Consumers Not Receptive to Employer-Provided Retirement Planning Resources
Now or Later: Investors Weigh Rainy Day Savings v. 401(k)s
Financial Dreams, Worries and Growing Appetite for Financial Guidance
Health Care Overtakes Social Security As Top Consumer Concern
Financial Dreams, Worries and Growing Appetite for Advice: Americans Rank Top Goals, Concerns and Difficulties

Attitudes & Sentiment: Rise of Emergency Funds, Health Care and Struggle for Work-Life Balance

Investor Quantitative™ Database
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: September 2017
Availability for license as an individual report: November 2017
Gain insight into the general sentiment, key concerns, financial goals, investing experience and general investing/savings attitudes for consumers. Learn more
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HELP! Consumers Need Somebody
Health Care Overtakes Social Security As Top Consumer Concern
Financial Dreams, Worries and Growing Appetite for Financial Guidance
Now or Later: Investors Weigh Rainy Day Savings v. 401(k)s
Consumers Not Receptive to Employer-Provided Retirement Planning Resources
Financial Dreams, Worries and Growing Appetite for Advice: Americans Rank Top Goals, Concerns and Difficulties

Investment Products & Asset Managers

Investor Quantitative™ Database
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: August 2017
Availability for license as an individual report: October 2017
Understand awareness and ownership of investment products and asset allocation for consumer groups across the U.S. This report also analyzes awareness of asset management firms and consumer use of online brokerage firms. Learn more
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Product Strikes Back
Younger and Experienced Investors Receptive to Actively Managed Products
Investors: Most Fund Managers 'Interchangeable and Irrelevant'
Hearts & Wallets: Target younger investors when selling models
The Awakening: How Younger and Experienced Consumers Will Shape Investment Products
The Awakening: How Younger and Experienced Consumers Will Shape Investment Products

Timely Topic: Active vs. Passive and Impact Investing

IQ Timely Topic
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: July 2017
Availability for license as an individual report: October 2017
Identify the latest trends around active and passive investing, the consumers who see the most value in active management and why. This report also identifies profiled targets of consumers based on their allocation to active or passive, types of impact investments owned and which ones they are likely to own in the future. Learn more
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Consumer Views on Active vs. Passive and Impact Investing
Hearts & Wallets: Target younger investors when selling models
Investors: Most Fund Managers 'Interchangeable and Irrelevant'
Investors Bailing On Mutual Funds
Younger and Experienced Investors Receptive to Actively Managed Products
The Awakening: How Younger and Experienced Consumers Will Shape Investment Products

Timely Topic: From Retirement Income to Goals-Based Wealth Management

Investor Quantitative™ Database
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: June 2017
Availability for license as an individual report: December 2017
Get the latest on consumer income plans for retirement: their plan status, inspirations and components. This report serves as a roadmap to help firms transition to goals-based wealth management using a consumer-oriented mindset. Learn more
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From Retirement Income Planning to Goals-Based Wealth Management
Spouses Play Increasingly Influential Role Alongside Advisers
The Biggest Unmet Need For Consumers In Goals-Based Wealth Management
Hearts & Wallets: Retirement Income not Investors’ Top Priority
Research Reveals the Biggest Unmet Need for Consumers in Goals-Based Wealth Management

Money Movement

Investor Quantitative™ Database
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: May 2017
Availability for license as an individual report: June 2017
Use this bottom-up empirical framework to connect consumer behaviors and wants to specific consumer transactions. This report measures transactions by action phase, type (cashout, rollover, transfer excluding rollover, new deposits), source and destination firm – plus the relationship type. Learn more
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Money Movement, Rollover and the Hybrid Investor
1 in 5 Investors Can’t Name the Funds They Own: Report
Fidelity and Vanguard Lead in Shareholder Awareness in Investment Products and Asset Managers Metrics Report

Income & Net Worth

Investor Quantitative™ Database
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: March 2017
Availability for license as an individual report: April 2017
Put the complete picture of consumer wealth at your fingertips. With this report, you’ll gain insight into the needs of the retail investor household through data on employment, income, spending, saving, real estate and debt, and how non-traditional wealth components play a role in building wealth. Learn more
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Household Finance Insights to Inspire Strategy
Get ready for senior Uber drivers — the gig economy and flexible jobs are part of retirement planning
Is Our Low Home Ownership Rate a Risk to Americans’ Retirement?
Growing Legions of Freelance Workers Speak to IRA Demand
Does Gigging Work? An increase in the desire to stop work reflects people’s greater control of their ability to work
Is Our Low Home Ownership Rate a Risk to Americans’ Retirement?
Americans May Not Be Saving Enough to Reach Retirement Goals
More Americans Say They Want to Stop Working and Retire
Over 70% of Workers Choose to Be in Gig Economy, Even Higher Numbers for Older Worker

Retirement & Funding

Investor Quantitative™ Database
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: March 2017
Availability for license as an individual report: April 2017
Gain insight into the consumer’s visions and realities leading up to and in retirement. This report tracks consumer’s plans and retirement realities, anticipated and actual income replacement rates, and income sources. Also included is the Hearts & Wallets Retirement Reachability Ratio.™ Learn more
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Retirees embrace the gig economy
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Over 70% of Workers Choose to Be in Gig Economy, Even Higher Numbers for Older Worker

Stores & Success Metrics

Investor Quantitative™ Database
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: February 2017
Availability for license as an individual report: March 2017
Understand customer success metrics for the top investment, banking and retirement plan firms, or “stores,” most often cited by their customers. The report measures customer loyalty, including the Hearts & Wallets Score – a combination of intent to invest more and intent to recommend measures. Learn more
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Wants & Pricing

Investor Quantitative™ Database
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: December 2016
Availability for license as an individual report: February 2017
Learn what investors want and are willing to pay for. This analysis provides data on the level of importance that consumers place on 25 service dimension attributes and three pricing dimensions, plus how the top 24 firms most often cited by consumers perform. Learn more
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The Financial Firms Clients Love, And Why
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More Clients Take a Hybrid Approach to Investing
Annual Hearts & Wallets Financial Services Customer Satisfaction Ratings Unveils Top Performers that Win Customer Heart

Introduction and Overview to Hearts & Wallets: the source for retail investor data & insights

IQ Insight Module
Trends™ Subscribers Advance Access: August 2017
Availability for license as an individual report: September 2018
Set in the context of a changing competitive environment, this overview describes Hearts & Wallets resources, use cases, and ways to collaborate on making saving, investing and advice solutions more consumer-centric. Learn more
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