Jun 2, 2025 | Industry Trends, Investment Services, Wealth Management
RFI Global Survey Data Point to Both Opportunity and Risk Twenty-five years ago, 85% of US households said they preferred to do business with a single financial services company if it could meet the majority of their investment and insurance needs. Banks and credit...
May 4, 2025 | Banks, Industry Trends, Wealth Management
The nation’s banks and credit unions will continue to face dual pressures to gather deposits and grow non-interest income in the coming months. The days of swelling deposit balances are behind us. Between 2021 and 2023, core deposits in FDIC insured institutions...
Jul 18, 2024 | Benchmarking, Research, Wealth Management
Existential Challenge to Retail Wealth Management in Financial Institutions Referrals from client facing branch staff are the foundation of retail wealth management in banks and credit unions. Access to the institution’s customers/members has helped the...
May 29, 2024 | Advisors, Benchmarking, Wealth Management
Kudos to David Lincoln for responding to Peter Bielan’s charge to name the five metrics needed to manage wealth management in a financial institution during a recent BISA webinar. That is a challenging task, which is why the metrics we track in our benchmarking...
Jul 7, 2023 | Advisors, Financial Planning, Study Groups, Wealth Management
New data indicate that the wealthier people are, the more likely they are to consult with a professional advisor before making an investment decision. But they are less likely to turn to an advisor in a bank or credit union. These findings are among the insights...
Jun 30, 2023 | Study Groups, Wealth Management
Less than 3% of US Households have at least $3 million in financial assets, but those households own 40% of aggregate household financial assets. That was one of the insights served up by Larry Cohen, director of RFI Global’s MacroMonitor, at last week’s Kehrer Study...