Marketing in asset management
distribution and brand in asset/wealth management: winning advisor and institutional channels, performance vs trust, and regulated communications.
Marketing in Asset & Wealth Management operates under distinct constraints: long sales cycles, high-value clients, fiduciary duty and heavy regulatory scrutiny of performance claims. This block equips you to apply core marketing discipline to the specific realities of attracting and retaining investors across retail, HNW and institutional segments. You will learn how firms position funds and advisory services, build trust-driven acquisition and nurture flows, and measure what matters using sector-relevant metrics rather than generic vanity numbers. You will also master the advertising rules that govern performance presentation, risk disclosure and fair treatment. The goal is practical fluency in marketing a regulated, trust-based financial product where credibility and compliance are competitive advantages.
What you'll master
- Compute and interpret AWM-specific CAC, LTV and retention across retail, HNW and institutional segments
- Design a compliant acquisition and nurture funnel adapted to long, trust-driven investment sales cycles
- Benchmark engagement, conversion and asset retention metrics against realistic sector standards
- Run a pre-launch marketing compliance check covering performance claims, risk disclosures and fair-treatment rules
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Modules
Covers the core marketing principles applied specifically to asset management distribution and gatekeepers.
Covers the metrics, funnels, and benchmarks that quantify marketing performance on AUM economics.
Covers the regulatory perimeter, promotion rules, and compliance checks for fund marketing.
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