Delivering fair outcomes

Governance

Born from the financial crisis of 2008, we have long demonstrated our commitment to good governance and are here to support you in putting the customer at the heart of all you do.

Examples of our work

We have a wide variety of solutions that cater to your governance needs. Take a look at some examples below, please contact us to discuss these projects, or your own in more detail.

Product testing

Our client

A UK asset manager

Their challenge

Ahead of launching a new sustainable global equity fund for the UK market, our client wanted to test engagement with the proposition, to ensure end-investors understood the product and to test whether there was a need for it. In addition, they were also keen to gather insight to create a new fund name.

Our approach

We conducted an online pop-up community with 25 UK retail investors. To build on our initial insight, we ran a flash survey with 300 UK financial decision makers (including a sample of investors), where potential names were run through our sequential ranking tool to gauge appeal and prioritisation.

Outcome/impact

Our client was able to use the insights from the research as part of their submission to the Regulator. It also informed the fund name and shaped investor communications.

Comms testing

Our client

Global asset manager

Their challenge

In order to comply with FCA guidance, our client wanted to build a foundation of consumer insight across their fund range, which would guide retail investor communications going forward.

Our approach

We ran a programme of customer testing across multiple asset classes and had customers review various pieces of content, in order to identify areas that investors struggled with. 

Outcome/impact

The insight gained was built into a toolkit for our client’s communications team. We refresh this toolkit periodically and provide ongoing training to new joiners and key business stakeholders. The team now has several guides, enabling them to consistently deliver consumer-friendly communications.

Value assessment

Our client

A UK asset manager

Their challenge

To strengthen their Assessment of Value statement, particularly around quality of service, in order to understand performance relative to customer expectations and industry norms.

Our approach

We conducted a two-day online community with proxy customers, drawn from The Wise Society. We tested critical fund communications and explored customer experiences of fund supermarkets across a range of D2C providers to understand customer service expectations and what good looks like.

Outcome/impact

Our approach to testing communications informed the development of our client’s Assessment of Value methodology to identify shortcomings and optimise D2C communications.

Best practice

Our client

UK asset manager

Their challenge

How to raise internal awareness around the regulatory imperative to write in a ‘consumer first’ way. Regulation states that jargon shouldn’t be used, but the team wanted to understand what constitutes jargon from a customer perspective.

Our approach

We organised an evidence-based workshop with key stakeholders of the business to explain why plain English is a regulatory issue, and to cover the principles of what good looks like. Following this, we created a short, but engaging animation which was used, alongside a recording of the workshop, to educate existing and new employees. The animation summarised the key points from the workshop and provided clear examples of best practice.

Outcome/impact

Our client has now raised awareness across the business of the importance of current regulation and the importance of writing in a consumer-first way. They also have ongoing training available to all employees which will enable them to consistently deliver consumer-friendly communications.

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