A selection of case studies, tutorials and methodology ideas for marketers responsible for implementing marketing strategy and campaigns.

Jupiter foregrounds “active minds” in its first ever TV ad

Nearly two-thirds of customers stick with first financial advisor, report finds

Scoring big: how financial brands can unlock the potential of sports

Lloyds taps into the humour of awkwardness with new ad

Challenger bank customers rise from 5 to 14% in four years

Bridging the gap: How financial services can leverage influencers to engage younger consumers

BlackRock, Schroders, Natixis reports reveal evolving investment landscape

Marketers must leap the action-intention gap

Scottish Widows revamps logo, invests £100 million in digital engagement

BNY hires ex- Vanguard CMO to head Newton marketing

Nottingham Building Society accused of “woke” rebrand after axing Robin Hood from logo

Robeco hires Janus Henderson exec as global marketing head

OPINION: How to cut through with B2B content

Lloyds Banking Group debuts new brand position

Coventry Building Society taps arena sponsorship for new campaign

OPINION: How first-party data can fuel customer acquisition and retention

Capital One promises “no nasty surprises” with new brand campaign

Elevator Pitch: CACI

Metro Bank targets SMEs with new ABL campaign

AXA focuses on self-employed in new brand campaign

OPINION: The advantages of SOS marketing

FSF Executive Summit: 5 of the key takeaways

Former Waverton marketing head joins Openwork Partnership

GUEST COLUMN: A marketer’s guide to aligning company stakeholders

OPINION: The power of work management in streamlining financial marketing

abrdn poaches Lombard Odier exec to head investment marketing

Cynergy Bank hires new marketing director

Rathbones hires former Evelyn Partners CMO as Chief Client Officer

OPINION: The myth of AI savings in marketing

BlackRock’s support for ESG proposals falls further

Royal London rebrands equity release offering

OPINION: 5 ways to establish brand consistency through content

BlackRock and Vanguard top table for UK asset management inflows in Q2

Starling launches educational content platform

OPINION: How SunLife enlisted pets to sell insurance

BlackRock to rebrand all ETFs as iShares

Barclays launches financial education ads on Channel 5

Allianz buys Twickenham naming rights in latest brand push

OPINION – Faster isn’t always better: the value of friction in financial services

OPINION: Building customer loyalty in the ‘new age’ of digital banking

BNP Paribas to buy AXA asset management business

Vanguard reveals £77.4 billion savings from passive investing

eToro taps AI for Olympics ad campaign

NatWest renames pension sub-brand

OPINION: Why the financial services industry needs to embrace humour

Nationwide talks profits in latest Dominic West ad

85% of marketers back influencer marketing

Invesco bolsters UK distribution with four promotions

OPINION – How to stay ahead of the curve in paid social

Revolut expands marketing team with new Chief Growth and Marketing Officer

GUEST COLUMN: The week after…

4 MINUTE MASTERCLASS: How to Make Your Marketing Services More Efficient

Direct Line to launch flagship brand on PCWs for first time

The 2024 Awards for Innovation and Transformation in pictures

OPINION: Walk like a bank, talk like a human

OPINION: Female finance – is your brand truly connecting?

BNP Paribas appoints product insider to Global CMO role

Q&A: How to deploy AI in financial services marketing

CASE STUDIES: 3 brand refresh stories from SJP, Arbuthnot Latham and T. Rowe Price

Rathbones taps LGIM for new asset management distribution chief

OPINION: Influencers and community – what you need to know

M&G Wealth hires new Marketing Director with Barclays, Lloyds background

INTERVIEW: How Chase is getting ahead in the brand race

OPINION: How can marketers in financial services make the most out of the DPDI bill?

BNY sheds ‘Mellon’ in rebrand

Allianz signs Harry Kane for global brand partnership

ANALYSIS: Asset manager websites decline from 2023

OPINION: Trust – the most valuable currency in financial services marketing

Quilter appoints insider as new Head of Marketing

BlackRock tops 2024 asset management brand ranking

OPINION: AI in financial marketing – 5 key trends to elevate your strategy in 2024

Klarna embraces AI to cut marketing spend by 11%

OPINION: The value of social media data within the context of Consumer Duty

Royal London Asset Management taps abrdn for new chief marketeer

ELEVATOR PITCH: LOOP Agencies

Monzo launches first major brand campaign in five years

Santander enlists Jon Snow for latest Ant and Dec ad

Blackstone ‘makes the connection’ in private markets campaign

OPINION: Making content count – 3 data-led best practices for financial services

Allianz deepens brand focus with new leadership role

OPINION: The basics of developing a psychographic segmentation model

Confused.com taps retail for new CMO

EVENT: Is This the Age of the Building Society?

ELEVATOR PITCH: Publicis Sapient

Marketing budgets rose in Q1, report shows

OPINION: How to do a Monzo

Nationwide doubles down on branch promise in new ad after ASA ban

ELEVATOR PITCH: Fiducial

OPINION: AI won’t make you a great ad, but it can get you there faster

Microsoft Copilot adds new Gen AI capabilities for marketers

St James’s Place launches Sky Arts sponsorship

GUEST COLUMN: What SJP’s big brand campaign says about ads in financial advice

Janus Henderson Investors appoints new EMEA marketing head

Insurer Hiscox enlists punk poet for latest advertising push

Does ‘synthetic data’ have any use for marketing?

SJP spotlights “invaluable advice” in new ad

OPINION: People don’t really care about your brand as much as you do

OPINION Revolutionising financial services: harnessing human insights for FCA compliance

Nationwide plots Virgin Money purchase

SunLife hires Vanquis CMO as new marketing head

Q&A: How to develop a content strategy

OPINION: Money is scary, but maybe this app will help!

5 things we learned from our AI hackathon

ELEVATOR PITCH: DataEQ

NatWest launches first 2024 Olympics ad

T. Rowe Price spotlights investing expertise in new global brand campaign

eToro chooses Lansons/Team Farner as UK comms partner

4 MINUTE MASTERCLASS: How social media can support Consumer Duty strategies

Rathbones hires Investec vet as new marketing head

OPINION: Beyond boring? The need for a revolution in FS branding

Nationwide’s bank bashing ad draws ire of Santander

Evelyn Partners appoints new Group CMO

Starling sponsors Manchester cycle scheme

SJP to highlight power of advice in above the line campaign

UBS launches major global brand campaign

Janus Henderson hires Marketing Director with Pictet, BlackRock experience

Amazon closes insurance store after less than 18 months

OPINION: Why customer service is the secret weapon for financial services firms

Starling to hire more marketers as it debuts new brand platform

Hargreaves Lansdown targets 12 million savers with new “Get Active” campaign

OPINION: How to build a CRM strategy around segmentation

NatWest hires new retail marketing director

ELEVATOR PITCH: Communications and Content

OPINION: What women want – how financial services can break down the barriers to investment

ELEVATOR PITCH: Mediaworks

4 MINUTE MASTERCLASS: How to Write an Investment Story

OPINION Building brand loyalty in finance with clear customer comms

Aviva former brand chief moves to HSBC insurance division

2023’s biggest people moves in financial services marketing

Robeco appoints new global marketing head

OPINION: How financial services can embrace the new wave of digital transformation

Retail investors plan to up investments as stock market optimism grows

ROUNDTABLE: The challenges of delivering asset management content at scale

4 MINUTE MASTERCLASS: What is account-based marketing?

Allica Bank launches integrated brand campaign

FCA seeks to tackle greenwashing with new product labels

Northern Trust wealth head: “ESG is very young and immature as a sector”

T. Rowe Price is the most digitally mature asset manager, finds report

Starling software platform wins international customers

Schroders Personal Wealth poaches Barclays exec for transformation role

OPINION: Why employee advocacy is critical to your digital communications strategy

Former Santander retail marketing head joins Tandem

FCA warns wealth managers over consumer duty failings

OPINION: Is it time to adopt marketing mix modelling over touch attribution?

CASE STUDY: Why a strong brand is more important than ever for FS entrants

Consumer Duty requires “continuous” improvement, says FCA

What do the NatWest findings mean for reputation management?

OPINION: Financial firms need to get serious about readability

Lloyds Banking Group appoints HSBC veteran as new CMO

Nationwide reviews martech stack, seeks new CRM agency

Dotdigital: How to get started with marketing automation

OPINION: How can financial marketers use AI to enhance PPC campaigns?

Standard Life partners with Moneyhub to launch pensions dashboard

Hiscox launches new brand campaign

Survey finds marketing and compliance still at loggerheads

FSF Executive Summit 2023: The highlights

Barclays taps telecoms sector for new Group CMO

VODCAST PART 2: Is the government doing enough to sort out the mortgage market?

OPINION: How B2B brands can craft authentic social media content

Nationwide appoints new Marketing Director with Lloyds, agency background

VODCAST PART 1: The challenges facing the UK mortgage market

Nationwide’s former marketing chief moves to JPMorgan’s Chase UK

OPINION: How to build a data strategy for the cookieless world

PGIM hires new brand strategy director with design background

Aviva focuses new ITV campaign on financial puzzles

Q&A: Inside Metro Bank’s SEO strategy

Amazon promises a fairytale ending with new insurance ad campaign

ELEVATOR PITCH: Copylab

AXA launches campaign based around people’s future selves

BlackRock support for ESG proposals plummets as backlash grows

Hiscox hires Aviva vet as Chief Distribution Officer

VODCAST: Does the UK mortgage market need a complete overhaul?

OPINION: The future of AI in fintech marketing

Q&A: How to overcome the B2B marketing gap

INTERVIEW: Elita Falkvard, SEO & Web Lead, Starling Bank

Co-op Bank, Nationwide veteran Alastair Pegg moves to Just Group

Q&A: How fractional property fintech Shojin is targeting mass affluent investors

Q&A: Tide’s Engagement Marketing Director on connecting with its members through data

Is ChatGPT actually getting worse?

HSBC hires tech specialist to head commercial marketing

OPINION: Reputation lessons of NatWest’s Farage fiasco

How to win in retail banking SEO

FCA: “Personal recommendations” are the key advice boundary

Building society The West Brom hires new marketing chief

State Street hires new EMEA marketing VP, seeks new institutional chief

Specialist bank Vanquis acquires fintech Snoop

Coutts vs Farage: A lawyer’s view

AXA’s new ad focuses on protecting women from risk

OPINION: Greenhushing is just as damaging as greenwashing

Shawbrook taps Nationwide digital chief for marketing role

OPINION: 5 steps to using AI in financial services marketing

Aldermore adds two new marketers as part of hiring push

Aviva Investors poaches GAM exec to head up distribution

GUEST COLUMN: Why everything in financial services marketing is a triangle

J.P. Morgan private bank hires two new top marketers

Invesco appoints new EMEA marketing chief

BlackRock appoints new EMEA CMO

OPINION: 5 ways to build trust in financial services with content

Aviva taps Direct Line exec to head up UK insurance marketing

CASE STUDY: How we launched a digital banking product for the one-click economy

Wellington Management adds new EMEA Co-Head of Marketing

Nationwide’s interim CMO moves to head up branch network

Starling signs 3-year sponsorship deal with Southampton Women’s team

UK Finance: How can financial services employers create a healthy culture for staff?

Leeds Building Society hires Asda vet as new marketing director

OPINION: Why financial brands must do more to support customers through digital change

Julius Baer hires CMO and marketing head as it targets wealth management disruption

Ninety One promotes ex-journalist to Marketing Director role

51% of marketers adopt AI despite concerns over accuracy and data

Metro Bank hires brand chief with Principality BS, agency experience

Standard Life aims to boost financial engagement with open banking

Aviva appoints Marketing Director with NatWest, Vodafone background

Elevator Pitch: AML

OPINION: 5 financial brands backing up purpose with impact

FSF Insight 2023: Which asset managers have the best performing websites?

EVENT SUMMARY: The Rise of Female Wealth

OPINION: Is it time to trade email marketing for TikTok?

The Next Generation Summit: Building the skills to be a future marketing leader

Overcoming the challenges of personalisation in banking

EVENT SUMMARY: Advice and guidance – fix or fudge?

NatWest hires Virgin vet as CMO for business division

Investec hires new UK marketing head with consultancy background

OPINION: Effective fintech marketing requires agile structures

Arbuthnot Latham appoints Atomos, Rathbones vet as marketing chief

ROUNDTABLE: Achieving true digital transformation needs C-level buy-in

OPINION: What impact could AI have on SEO in the financial services sector?

Direct Line’s marketing head departs with Customer chief in interim marketing position

OPINION: How financial services organisations can develop a data-driven marketing culture

Starling sponsors National Trust to boost access to nature

Manulife IM appoints new global marketing strategy head

Fidelity International appoints two new senior marketers

Deutsche Bank appoints new CMO as it pushes on with “Global Hausbank” strategy

Skipton Building Society appoints Head of Marketing with YBS, Barclays experience

OPINION Brand versus performance – how should marketing spend be allocated?

Virgin Money partners with abrdn on investment service

AIG Life Marketing Director retires

OPINION: How to use ChatGPT to enhance your marketing strategy

OPINION: Uncovering the benefits of adopting CRM in financial services

Artemis hires new channel marketing head

NatWest hires Barclays, HSBC vet to head wealth marketing

OPINION: Banks must try harder to solve Britain’s savings crisis

Nationwide awards brand refresh brief to NCA, new CMO kicks off tenure

Marketing Effectiveness Awards Showcase: The Highlights

OPINION: 10 tips to grow your online influence

Neuberger Berman hires Global CMO with Vontobel, Lazard experience

UBS Asset Management hires abrdn exec as product marketing head

Allianz takes on two digital marketers

Hootsuite: How to balance compliance and creativity on social media

HSBC Global Private Bank hires UBS, Fidelity marketer for global role

Aviva plays a draw with Bowls partnership

Consumer Duty: How L&G and other firms are addressing the comms challenge

Lloyds Banking Group and Barclays hire insiders for interim CMO roles

Royal London promotes Standard Life vet to Marketing Director

OPINION: How to use Instagram’s algorithm to your advantage

ELEVATOR PITCH: Cowry Consulting

CASE STUDY: How Quilter and Cowry used behavioural science to tackle consumer duty

Vanguard taps HR chief to head European marketing

Brooks Macdonald hires ex-Ninety One UK marketing head for global role

Franklin Templeton hires Invesco content specialist for UK marketer role

OPINION: Is ChatGPT the future of content creation?

EVENT DOWNLOAD: Behavioural Science in Financial Services Marketing

Investment managers cite CX as key digital opportunity

FCA interventions soar 1398% as ‘fin-influencers’ come under scrutiny

PensionBee CMO joins fintech mortgage assistant Sprive

VIDEO: How a meeting at an FSF event led to collaboration

OPINION: 4 social media marketing trends to watch out for in 2023

M&G and BlackRock use apps to reach new investors

FCA warns firms to “accelerate” consumer duty implementation

What is Always-On Marketing?

OPINION: Where marketers should invest and cut during a recession

Hargreaves Lansdown offers retail investors voting opportunities

OPINION: 3 future trends financial services advertisers need to know

How to Choose Between Brand Building and Direct Response Campaigns

OPINION: 5 ESG marketing strategies to attract the right investors

PensionBee’s CMO explains how to achieve SEO success through content

91% positive delegate feedback: FSF reflects on 2022

Aviva positions itself as financial “puzzle solver” as 69% suffer jargon confusion

How to Build a Digital Audience in a Cookieless World

VIDEO: Insurtech Tapoly’s CEO on the power of personal brand

OPINION: Is there a future for the traditional universal bank?

23% of pension savers plan to cut contributions as cost of living crisis bites

VIDEO: Insurtech Tapoly’s CEO on what she looks for in marketing teams

OPINION: Video is not a box ticking exercise – it’s an entire marketing strategy in itself

4 highlights from the Changing World conference

How to Get Strategic Value From Your CRM

OPINION: Financial downturns demand marketing upturn

4 Dos and Don’ts in Influencer Marketing

4 lessons from B2C for B2B

FSF Insight: How to Win in Pensions SEO

OPINION: 3 ways to communicate about savings products effectively

How to Protect Vulnerable Customers in Marketing

OPINION: The case for email in a difficult marketing climate

OPINION: How to write a purpose statement in a recession

Phoenix tells UK to “Get Ready” for retirement in brand campaign

What is driving this quarter’s current account switchers?

Starling deepens ties with women’s football through Southampton partnership

OPINION: Why getting social media-savvy in a recession could save your business

Standard Life joins Race for Life as headline partner, launches new TV ad

Amazon seeks to bring “customer obsession” to insurance sector

OPINION: How automation technology can boost your bottom line

An Introduction to Asset Management Marketing

Lemonade looks to disrupt UK market with Aviva tie-up

OPINION: Why your 2023 media plan needs account-based marketing

INTERVIEW Teamspirit CEO on communications during a crisis

FCA plans review of advice-guidance boundary

How to Get Your Board on Board With Digital

‘Simpler, fairer and always there’: AXA launches digital-only insurance brand

OPINION What do the FCA Consumer Duty and guidance mean for financial services firms?

LGIM calls for auto-enrolment thresholds to be lowered as cost of living hits pensions contributions

OPINION: Nurturing your leads with marketing automation

OPINION: How predictive analytics can help comms during the cost of living crisis

OPINION: How to win Google’s trust with financial services content

LinkedIn row breaks out over Binet and Field’s 60:40 rule

OPINION: Digital transformation in financial services – the three steps to success

Revolut’s ad focuses on easy consumer investing – but is the timing right?

OPINION: Programmatic advertising – what will happen when the cookies crumble?

Google penalises clickbait content with new update

Admiral teams up with Hollywood for new pet insurance product launch

OPINION: How to talk to Gen Z during the cost of living crisis

FSF Insight: How often do UK banks post on Twitter?

OPINION: The 2022 marketing renaissance – and what’s next

FCA sets six-month countdown for high-risk promotions

OPINION: The future of financial services brands is Agile

Q&A: What the FCA Consumer Duty means for marketers

OPINION: 4 digital marketing trends the finance industry needs to know about

SME banking heats up as HSBC Kinetic lends £2 million in three months

FSF Insight: What are asset managers doing on Twitter?

CIM: Financial services is lagging in digital marketing skills

2022 Awards for Marketing Innovation

Cost of living bites as 4.4 million households face serious financial difficulties

OPINION The worrying cost of sales and marketing misalignment (and how tech can help)

4 takeaways from the FSF Martech conference

OPINION: 5 tips for the best email subject line

OPINION: When is it time to rebrand?

OPINION: How asset managers can get reputation management right

OPINION: How digital strategy can help build resilience in fintech

The UK financial advisors with the best performing websites

OPINION: How we found our purpose statement – and why it matters

Building an ad campaign: 4 takeaways from our recent event

Reinventing live: 2 case studies in post-pandemic events

OPINION: Why financial services must build customer-first experiences

OPINION: Why market to the over-50s? Because that’s where the money is!

OPINION: Focus on the simplicity of what you solve

4 MINUTE MASTERCLASS: What is social listening?

Data analytics: How to ask the right questions

FSF Insight: Which current account providers have the best performing websites?

OPINION The myth of no marketing: Why the product never sells itself

FSF Insight: Who’s winning in car insurance SEO?

OPINION: How leaders can help their business embrace brand change

FSF Insight: Which asset managers have the best performing websites?

OPINION: Marketing personas – fact or fantasy?

OPINION: The 22 biggest marketing buzzwords of 2022 explained

FSF Awards Showcase: 5 case studies in marketing effectiveness

OPINION How financial institutions can measure email marketing engagement

OPINION: Shifting from lead to demand generation as a marketing strategy

EVENT SUMMARY Time to ditch KPIs? The metrics that matter in asset management marketing

2021 Awards for Marketing Effectiveness Winners

OPINION As the 2022 ISA deadline looms, how can financial services brands cut through the noise?

OPINION: Why financial institutions need to embrace the single customer view

OPINION Why the financial services industry is failing female customers and what can be done

Financial marketing news: J. P. Morgan in the metaverse, NS&I’s new interest rate, Blackrock affirms commitment to fossil fuels

OPINION Why online reviews matter in financial services

Q&A: ‘Contagious’ author Jonah Berger on how financial services can go viral

DISRUPTORS How Insurtech Marshmallow uses cross-functional ‘tribes’ to tackle challenges

OPINION: 3 steps to bridge the sales and marketing alignment gap

OPINION: The most valuable marketing channels in 2022 and how to exploit them

OPINION: How chatbots can grow your business

FCA emphasises consumer education in crypto marketing rule proposals

OPINION: Putting your loyalty programme at the heart of next-gen CX

Fintech news: Starling’s Meta boycott, Tandem’s Oplo acquisition and Revolut’s new agency

Starling targets SMEs with ‘Set Your Business Free’ pitch

Nest, Penfold, Moneyhub tap open banking for self-employed pensions pilots

Barclays tops list of most loved banking brands

OPINION: Practical approaches to high-value B2B marketing in financial services

OPINION: How to win with Gen Z in financial services

OPINION: Digital PR in financial services – how to do it right and get into Forbes, BBC and The Times

OPINION: How purpose can underpin a marketing strategy

abrdn Head of Investment Marketing: “With any rebrand you expect some kind of backlash”

OPINION: How brands and agencies can spot opportunity in the face of adversity

OPINION: Why employee advocacy matters in the financial services industry

How podcast advertising can offer a targeted and engaged audience

Where are investment management firms allocating marketing budget?

OPINION: Make your marketing different – or save your money

OPINION: Using buyer personae to drive collaboration in B2B marketing

2021 Agency of the Year Voting

OPINION: Managing a hybrid environment in marketing teams

CASE STUDY: How Ipswich Building Society combined personal, political and miniature donkeys in its self-build campaign

OPINION How the single customer view can make insurance marketing more effective

Currys relaunches as sole brand, axing PC World and Carphone Warehouse

Starling to sell “banking as a service” platform in Europe

ANALYSIS: How Chase’s UK launch is going in terms of press coverage, social and SEO

OPINION: Influencer marketing has surpassed print – so the FCA’s celeb stunt is savvier than it looks

OPINION: How to plan a hybrid financial services event

OPINION: How to measure the value of your ESG efforts

Company Profile: Ping An Insurance

CASE STUDY: Why Fintech Week London took a content-first approach as it launched during Covid

OPINION: How to overcome email fatigue and boost engagement

New Google financial ad policy could “cut out the noise” in online advertising

CASE STUDY Ageas Federal Life Insurance CMO on the challenges of its India rebrand during the Covid pandemic

OPINION How to harness the power of direct mail for financial services marketing

OPINION Lessons from retail: What financial services can learn about customer experience from online shopping

CASE STUDY: How fintech Monneo built a new brand by finding its “DNA”

LV= consumer survey reveals patchy pension knowledge and the power of word-of-mouth in financial advice

OPINION: Marketing vs service emails: the fine line you need to tread

CASE STUDY: Why accounting services firm Addition overhauled its lead gen content

News round-up: This week in financial services marketing

OPINION: How to use open banking spend data to measure marketing success

CMOs boost programmatic advertising spending as budgets fall

OPINION: How brands can optimise CX for customers not competitors

Aviva embraces activism as it demands “urgent” climate action from government

OPINION: 5 ways to increase email engagement

Advertising regulator prepares to clamp down on cryptocurrency advertising

Starling Bank amps up sustainability credentials with electric vehicle partnership

How Adobe and Salesforce are preparing their marketing platforms for new cookie rules

OPINION 3 ways financial services companies can create lifetime customers

INTERVIEW How funds can win with first-time investors as 83% choose other options

Baillie Gifford’s James Budden: How to win the emerging generation of young investors

OPINION How financial services marketers can succeed with personalisation

INTERVIEW Channel 4’s Head of Digital on how BR4NDMATCH is reinventing VOD advertising

Opinion: 4 email marketing metrics that matter for financial services brand engagement

OPINION Deloitte: From cookies to first-party data collection

CMO to CEO: How can marketers make the leap to the top job?

OPINION How machine learning could offer inclusive digital experiences to vulnerable customers

OPINION How neuroscience drives empathetic marketing

OPINION 4 tips to supercharge your email marketing

What live events can learn from Netflix and Amazon

OPINION Is insurance CX the route to improved margins?

OPINION 4 things to know before diving into influencer marketing

MarTech, FinTech, Hippos and Investment Pathways: April-June 2021 Calendar

WEBINAR OVERVIEW How to design an accessible online service

WEBINAR OVERVIEW: Engaging with Gen Z

Why is mail performing for financial services brands?

It’s Only Fair

What approach are asset managers taking to promote their ESG offering?

10 ways to get more value from your marketing budget

10 questions every Digital Marketer should be asking themselves… And how to get the answers

The Forum’s Autumn Calendar 2020

Life after lockdown: A perfect time to streamline

How to Succeed Globally with Online Video

5 Tips for Managing a Multilingual Experience

Why Should You Localize Your Website?

Marketing in a Crisis: The Calm Before the (Next) Storm

Retail Banking Coronavirus Weekly Insights – Week End 26 June 2020

A Judge’s Top Tips for Entering our Awards for Marketing Effectiveness

Twelve Step Programme to Running Remote Pitches

Insight into Banking Transformation

Lockdown and Beyond Sprint Survey: Ready to Rumble?

Campaign Supernova: Planning B2B Thought Leadership Campaigns

"Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Think, Baby": How the C-Suite View and Use Thought Leadership

Brands and the New Normal

Building your Brand’s Position on ESG

Retail Banking Coronavirus Weekly Insights – Week End 5 June 2020

May 2020 Consumer Confidence Briefing

Effective communications in a long-running crisis

Seven easy ways to improve investment communications

Research: COVID-19 The Creative Fightback

How to market when your audience is in isolation

How to create a successful virtual event

Banks must make use of their data to help protect customers’ financial well-being in uncertain times

Meet the Marketer … Sue Helmont

Voice in Financial Services

Voice Technology: Past, Present and Future

Kane Simms: An Intro to Voice Technology

Defining Differentiation and Distinctiveness

A Question of Differentiation or Distinctiveness

Differentiation and Distinction

Perils of Perception Study

Communicating with DC members

Unlocking Customer Value in Insurance

Retaining Customers at Investment Maturity

Creating Brand Value in Financial Services

Generation Z: Fuelling Disruption in FS

The Importance of Event Marketing

The Influencer Ecosystem

Meet the Marketer: Jet Cooke

Social Media Trends for Financial Services and Insurance 2019

Generating New Business via Brand Differentiation

Facing Customer Data Challenges

How is Artificial Intelligence Being Used?

Are we Experts in Customer Identity?

Event Summary: Brand Tracking to Suit Your Budget

Innovation in Innovation

Are You Being Digitally Served? Event Summary

Creating Digital Platforms – Event Summary

Join Up To Stand Apart

Storytelling in Marketing

The Hero, Hub, Help Content Strategy

Digital Trailblazers

Consumer Blues

Asset Managers: Playing Digital Catch-up

Real-Time Advertising : Financial Sector

Losing Out to Aggregators in Online Search

Hot Tips For Increasing ROI Through CRO

The Rise of the Robo-Insurer

Data Security in Financial Services

The Tales of Futures Past!

If you can’t be clear, you’re not trying hard enough

Advertising Effectiveness and Multi-Channel Attribution

The Human Touch in a Digital Age

Turning Big Data into Big Answers

Taking the Social Plunge

Towards True Competition: Making the Customers’ Case for Frictionless Competition in GI

Connected With Superglue

A Safe Bet?

Resistance is Futile

How to Sprinkle Magic Pixie-Dust

It’s the Best Mailshot I’ve Ever Received

Morals in our Memories of Millennial Mania

Advertising Expenditure

In Brands We Trust

Choosing a Marketing Agency

OPINION: How SunLife enlisted pets to sell insurance

CASE STUDY: How we launched a digital banking product for the one-click economy

Consumer Duty: How L&G and other firms are addressing the comms challenge

CASE STUDY: How Quilter and Cowry used behavioural science to tackle consumer duty

Reinventing live: 2 case studies in post-pandemic events

FSF Awards Showcase: 5 case studies in marketing effectiveness

CASE STUDY: Why Fintech Week London took a content-first approach as it launched during Covid

CASE STUDY Ageas Federal Life Insurance CMO on the challenges of its India rebrand during the Covid pandemic

CASE STUDY: How fintech Monneo built a new brand by finding its “DNA”

CASE STUDY: Why accounting services firm Addition overhauled its lead gen content

OPINION 4 tips to supercharge your email marketing

OPINION 4 things to know before diving into influencer marketing

What approach are asset managers taking to promote their ESG offering?

10 ways to get more value from your marketing budget

Life after lockdown: A perfect time to streamline

How to Succeed Globally with Online Video

5 Tips for Managing a Multilingual Experience

Why Should You Localize Your Website?

Marketing in a Crisis: The Calm Before the (Next) Storm

A Judge’s Top Tips for Entering our Awards for Marketing Effectiveness

Twelve Step Programme to Running Remote Pitches

Insight into Banking Transformation

Lockdown and Beyond Sprint Survey: Ready to Rumble?

Campaign Supernova: Planning B2B Thought Leadership Campaigns

"Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Think, Baby": How the C-Suite View and Use Thought Leadership

Effective communications in a long-running crisis

Research: COVID-19 The Creative Fightback

How to market when your audience is in isolation

How to create a successful virtual event

Voice in Financial Services

Voice Technology: Past, Present and Future

Kane Simms: An Intro to Voice Technology

Defining Differentiation and Distinctiveness

A Question of Differentiation or Distinctiveness

Differentiation and Distinction

Perils of Perception Study

Communicating with DC members

Unlocking Customer Value in Insurance

Retaining Customers at Investment Maturity

Creating Brand Value in Financial Services

Social Media Trends for Financial Services and Insurance 2019

Generating New Business via Brand Differentiation

Facing Customer Data Challenges

How is Artificial Intelligence Being Used?

Innovation in Innovation

Join Up To Stand Apart

Storytelling in Marketing

The Hero, Hub, Help Content Strategy

Digital Trailblazers

Real-Time Advertising : Financial Sector

Losing Out to Aggregators in Online Search

Hot Tips For Increasing ROI Through CRO

The Rise of the Robo-Insurer

Data Security in Financial Services

Advertising Effectiveness and Multi-Channel Attribution

The Human Touch in a Digital Age

Turning Big Data into Big Answers

Taking the Social Plunge

Connected With Superglue

How to Sprinkle Magic Pixie-Dust

Advertising Expenditure

Choosing a Marketing Agency

INTERVIEW: How Chase is getting ahead in the brand race

Q&A: How to develop a content strategy

Q&A: How to overcome the B2B marketing gap

VIDEO: Insurtech Tapoly’s CEO on the power of personal brand

VIDEO: Insurtech Tapoly’s CEO on what she looks for in marketing teams

Q&A: What the FCA Consumer Duty means for marketers

Q&A: ‘Contagious’ author Jonah Berger on how financial services can go viral

Lloyds taps into the humour of awkwardness with new ad

Scottish Widows revamps logo, invests £100 million in digital engagement

BNY hires ex- Vanguard CMO to head Newton marketing

Nottingham Building Society accused of “woke” rebrand after axing Robin Hood from logo

Robeco hires Janus Henderson exec as global marketing head

Lloyds Banking Group debuts new brand position

abrdn poaches Lombard Odier exec to head investment marketing

Cynergy Bank hires new marketing director

Rathbones hires former Evelyn Partners CMO as Chief Client Officer

Royal London rebrands equity release offering

BlackRock and Vanguard top table for UK asset management inflows in Q2

Starling launches educational content platform

Barclays launches financial education ads on Channel 5

Direct Line to launch flagship brand on PCWs for first time

Rathbones taps LGIM for new asset management distribution chief

M&G Wealth hires new Marketing Director with Barclays, Lloyds background

BNY sheds ‘Mellon’ in rebrand

Allianz signs Harry Kane for global brand partnership

BlackRock tops 2024 asset management brand ranking

Klarna embraces AI to cut marketing spend by 11%

Marketing budgets rose in Q1, report shows

SunLife hires Vanquis CMO as new marketing head

NatWest launches first 2024 Olympics ad

T. Rowe Price spotlights investing expertise in new global brand campaign

eToro chooses Lansons/Team Farner as UK comms partner

Rathbones hires Investec vet as new marketing head

UBS launches major global brand campaign

FCA seeks to tackle greenwashing with new product labels

Lloyds Banking Group appoints HSBC veteran as new CMO

Hiscox launches new brand campaign

FCA: “Personal recommendations” are the key advice boundary

AXA’s new ad focuses on protecting women from risk

Wellington Management adds new EMEA Co-Head of Marketing

Julius Baer hires CMO and marketing head as it targets wealth management disruption

Starling sponsors National Trust to boost access to nature

Virgin Money partners with abrdn on investment service

UBS Asset Management hires abrdn exec as product marketing head

Aviva plays a draw with Bowls partnership

Lloyds Banking Group and Barclays hire insiders for interim CMO roles

Vanguard taps HR chief to head European marketing

Brooks Macdonald hires ex-Ninety One UK marketing head for global role

Franklin Templeton hires Invesco content specialist for UK marketer role

PensionBee CMO joins fintech mortgage assistant Sprive

Hargreaves Lansdown offers retail investors voting opportunities

4 highlights from the Changing World conference

What is driving this quarter’s current account switchers?

‘Simpler, fairer and always there’: AXA launches digital-only insurance brand

Admiral teams up with Hollywood for new pet insurance product launch

FCA sets six-month countdown for high-risk promotions

Financial marketing news: J. P. Morgan in the metaverse, NS&I’s new interest rate, Blackrock affirms commitment to fossil fuels

News round-up: This week in financial services marketing

Starling Bank amps up sustainability credentials with electric vehicle partnership

MarTech, FinTech, Hippos and Investment Pathways: April-June 2021 Calendar

WEBINAR OVERVIEW How to design an accessible online service

WEBINAR OVERVIEW: Engaging with Gen Z

10 questions every Digital Marketer should be asking themselves… And how to get the answers

A Judge’s Top Tips for Entering our Awards for Marketing Effectiveness

May 2020 Consumer Confidence Briefing

The Influencer Ecosystem

Event Summary: Brand Tracking to Suit Your Budget

Are You Being Digitally Served? Event Summary

Creating Digital Platforms – Event Summary

Bridging the gap: How financial services can leverage influencers to engage younger consumers

OPINION: How first-party data can fuel customer acquisition and retention

GUEST COLUMN: A marketer’s guide to aligning company stakeholders

OPINION: The power of work management in streamlining financial marketing

OPINION: Why the financial services industry needs to embrace humour

OPINION – How to stay ahead of the curve in paid social

OPINION: Walk like a bank, talk like a human

OPINION: Female finance – is your brand truly connecting?

OPINION: Influencers and community – what you need to know

OPINION: How can marketers in financial services make the most out of the DPDI bill?

OPINION: Trust – the most valuable currency in financial services marketing

OPINION: The value of social media data within the context of Consumer Duty

OPINION: How to do a Monzo

OPINION: AI won’t make you a great ad, but it can get you there faster

GUEST COLUMN: What SJP’s big brand campaign says about ads in financial advice

OPINION: People don’t really care about your brand as much as you do

OPINION Revolutionising financial services: harnessing human insights for FCA compliance

OPINION: Money is scary, but maybe this app will help!

OPINION: Why customer service is the secret weapon for financial services firms

OPINION: How to build a CRM strategy around segmentation

OPINION: What women want – how financial services can break down the barriers to investment

OPINION Building brand loyalty in finance with clear customer comms

Aviva former brand chief moves to HSBC insurance division

OPINION: Is it time to adopt marketing mix modelling over touch attribution?

Dotdigital: How to get started with marketing automation

Q&A: How to overcome the B2B marketing gap

OPINION: Reputation lessons of NatWest’s Farage fiasco

GUEST COLUMN: Why everything in financial services marketing is a triangle

UK Finance: How can financial services employers create a healthy culture for staff?

OPINION: What impact could AI have on SEO in the financial services sector?

OPINION Brand versus performance – how should marketing spend be allocated?

OPINION: Banks must try harder to solve Britain’s savings crisis

OPINION: 10 tips to grow your online influence

Hootsuite: How to balance compliance and creativity on social media

OPINION: How to use Instagram’s algorithm to your advantage

OPINION: Is ChatGPT the future of content creation?

OPINION: 4 social media marketing trends to watch out for in 2023

OPINION: 3 future trends financial services advertisers need to know

OPINION: Is there a future for the traditional universal bank?

OPINION: Financial downturns demand marketing upturn

OPINION: 3 ways to communicate about savings products effectively

OPINION: Why getting social media-savvy in a recession could save your business

OPINION: How automation technology can boost your bottom line

OPINION: Why your 2023 media plan needs account-based marketing

OPINION: How to talk to Gen Z during the cost of living crisis

OPINION: The 2022 marketing renaissance – and what’s next

OPINION: The future of financial services brands is Agile

OPINION: 4 digital marketing trends the finance industry needs to know about

OPINION: When is it time to rebrand?

OPINION: How asset managers can get reputation management right

OPINION: How digital strategy can help build resilience in fintech

OPINION: How we found our purpose statement – and why it matters

OPINION: Why financial services must build customer-first experiences

OPINION: The 22 biggest marketing buzzwords of 2022 explained

OPINION How financial institutions can measure email marketing engagement

OPINION: Why financial institutions need to embrace the single customer view

OPINION: The most valuable marketing channels in 2022 and how to exploit them

OPINION Lessons from retail: What financial services can learn about customer experience from online shopping

OPINION: Marketing vs service emails: the fine line you need to tread

OPINION: How to use open banking spend data to measure marketing success

OPINION: How brands can optimise CX for customers not competitors

Opinion: 4 email marketing metrics that matter for financial services brand engagement

OPINION How machine learning could offer inclusive digital experiences to vulnerable customers

What live events can learn from Netflix and Amazon

OPINION Is insurance CX the route to improved margins?

Brands and the New Normal

Building your Brand’s Position on ESG

Banks must make use of their data to help protect customers’ financial well-being in uncertain times

Generation Z: Fuelling Disruption in FS

The Importance of Event Marketing

Are we Experts in Customer Identity?

Consumer Blues

Asset Managers: Playing Digital Catch-up

The Tales of Futures Past!

If you can’t be clear, you’re not trying hard enough

A Safe Bet?

Resistance is Futile

It’s the Best Mailshot I’ve Ever Received

Morals in our Memories of Millennial Mania

In Brands We Trust

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