Asset managers, insurance executives, bankers and other financial service personnel see keeping clients as their biggest business challenge in 2008.
Researchers at Cerulli Associates, Boston, say 49% of survey respondents at financial service firms reported that their main challenge will be acquiring and holding onto clients.
Sales force concerns ranked second, at 15%.
When asked about client concerns, 40% of the respondents cited wealth accumulation and 27% cited generating retirement income.
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