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Trends & Highlights

In our monthly Trends & Highlights, Corporate Insight summarizes some of the more noteworthy trends, issues and changes we've observed in our recent research.

Trends & Highlights
January 2013 Trends & Highlights – Connecting with Millennials, 2013 Economic Outlooks and Fiscal Cliff Roundup PDF Print E-mail
Financial firms rung in the New Year with economic and market outlooks for 2013 and a sober reminder to prospects and clients that it’s almost time for us all to pay our taxes. Firms also continued to address the fallout from the fiscal cliff and we saw a renewed interest from firms in the financial situation of the Millennial generation. Several firms introduced new promotions aimed at connecting and improving their relationship with this coveted audience.

2013 Economic and Market Outlook Commentaries Continue
2013 economic and investment outlooks were also popular commentaries in January. Sixteen firms in four Monitor groups provided prospects and clients with predictions about how they expect markets to perform in the New Year. BlackRock focused on the bond market with a video on “Positioning Your Fixed Income Portfolio in 2013,” but for the most part, firms took a broad approach to their 2013 outlooks.

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