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Great news! At the annual MRS Research Awards dinner last night Paul Cussell won the prestigious ASC Young Technologist of the year. The award is recognition of his groundbreaking work in developing the innovative e-luminate online portal. Congratulations Paul, and all the team who worked on e-luminate.
Consensus recently conducted the market research for Swiss Re’s latest edition of the Insurance Report entitled “Facing life’s responsibilities”. Swiss Re calls on industry and government to focus on improving access to straightforward advice and on simplifying products to build trust, before considering how messages are delivered. Read the press release here.
The FSA has published our research report, Progress towards the Professionalism requirements of the Retail Distribution Review. It is the first wave of a 3-year study to estimate the size of the UK’s Retail Investment Adviser population and measure its progress towards the Professionalism requirements of the RDR
Elke Neuteboom explores the cashless payments market, unravelling the current barriers to take-up, looking into countries and sectors where the cashless payment has really taken hold, and puts forward ideas to boost adoption of this exciting technology. The webcast is available on the Financial Services Forum channel.
Andy Glazier was invited by IFA Magazine to offer his thoughts on the role played by research in the IFA arena. You can read Andy’s thoughts on page 41 of the November issue of IFA Magazine.
Consensus Research was in the news today as our City of London commissioned report into migration limits was published this morning. This prompted concerns over the impact of UK migration limits on the City’s business environment from the City of London Policy Chairman Stuart Fraser. FT subscribers can access further comment here.
Forget the battle of Stamford Bridge on Saturday, the big footballing story of last week was the match between our boys team, Chiriza, and rivals La Thompson. Despite falling behind our lads eventually emerged as deserved 4-3 victors in this Nicaraguan nailbiter. More on our CSR page.
We were delighted to receive a report, hopefully the first of many, from the kids football team in Nicaragua funded by our own fundraising events and donations from our research participants over the past year. You can see photos and link to the match report, and see details of our other promoted charities, on the new CSR page on our website. A massive thank you to everyone who contributed.
Consensus head Andy Glazier and Lucian Camp of Lucian Camp Consulting presented ‘The Fall and Rise of the Direct Investor’ at the Financial Services research conference on Thursday 13th October. Slides from the presentation are available here.
I blogged a few months ago about the differences between academic and real-world research. I referred indirectly to two pretty textbook-ish terms in that blog: iteration and triangulation. Read more
Bankers and company executives have been front of mind recently, especially the embattled Chief Executive at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Stephen Hester, whose bonus rejection is now global news. Read more
It goes without saying that the technological paradigm shifts of the last 30 years have had, and continue to have, a massive impact on the way we live our lives. No part of our day to day existence remains untouched by the digital revolution. Read more
Now there’s a bout I thought I’d never witness! Read more
