Segmentation of current and potential investors in retirement plans to retain and capture customers

The goal of this research was to fill the gap represented by the lack of studies that apply Behavioral Finance concepts in the segmentation of investors in retirement savings plans. Based on a bibliographic review, and the study of multiple cases, there was revealed relevant aspects of the supplemen...

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Main Authors: Ronaldo Andrade Deccax, Carlos Heitor Campani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: FUCAPE Business School 2022-01-01
Series:BBR: Brazilian Business Review
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Online Access:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=123070168002
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description The goal of this research was to fill the gap represented by the lack of studies that apply Behavioral Finance concepts in the segmentation of investors in retirement savings plans. Based on a bibliographic review, and the study of multiple cases, there was revealed relevant aspects of the supplemental retirement market in Brazil, this article proposes a new set of demographic and psychographic variables that were more effective in previous research in the segmentation of financial services clients. It innovates by incorporating variables from Psychology and Behavioral Finance, especially the “rationality” variable which has a remarkable ability to synthesize vulnerabilities to a wide universe of heuristics and biases when applied to investors. In addition, significant behavioral barriers were identified for the expansion of the retirement market, such as a low level of maturity of current market practices in Brazil and the need to use Behavioral Finance instruments in this confrontation.
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spelling doaj-art-bb160a659ad3483d8e974458b4c500d52025-02-06T23:39:33ZengFUCAPE Business SchoolBBR: Brazilian Business Review1807-734X2022-01-01191193810.15728/bbr.2022.19.1.2Segmentation of current and potential investors in retirement plans to retain and capture customersRonaldo Andrade DeccaxCarlos Heitor CampaniThe goal of this research was to fill the gap represented by the lack of studies that apply Behavioral Finance concepts in the segmentation of investors in retirement savings plans. Based on a bibliographic review, and the study of multiple cases, there was revealed relevant aspects of the supplemental retirement market in Brazil, this article proposes a new set of demographic and psychographic variables that were more effective in previous research in the segmentation of financial services clients. It innovates by incorporating variables from Psychology and Behavioral Finance, especially the “rationality” variable which has a remarkable ability to synthesize vulnerabilities to a wide universe of heuristics and biases when applied to investors. In addition, significant behavioral barriers were identified for the expansion of the retirement market, such as a low level of maturity of current market practices in Brazil and the need to use Behavioral Finance instruments in this confrontation.http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=123070168002supplemental retirement savings plansbehavioral sciencesfinancial marketsmarket segmentationconsumer behavior
spellingShingle Ronaldo Andrade Deccax
Carlos Heitor Campani
Segmentation of current and potential investors in retirement plans to retain and capture customers
BBR: Brazilian Business Review
supplemental retirement savings plans
behavioral sciences
financial markets
market segmentation
consumer behavior
title Segmentation of current and potential investors in retirement plans to retain and capture customers
title_full Segmentation of current and potential investors in retirement plans to retain and capture customers
title_fullStr Segmentation of current and potential investors in retirement plans to retain and capture customers
title_full_unstemmed Segmentation of current and potential investors in retirement plans to retain and capture customers
title_short Segmentation of current and potential investors in retirement plans to retain and capture customers
title_sort segmentation of current and potential investors in retirement plans to retain and capture customers
topic supplemental retirement savings plans
behavioral sciences
financial markets
market segmentation
consumer behavior
url http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=123070168002
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