The Futures Group, an international consulting firm specializing in scenario-based planning strategies, formed a joint venture with Optima Group, a consultant to financial institutions, on the direction of retail delivery in the highly competitive consumer investment product industry.
The venture will analyze topics of concern to investment product retailers such as gathering marketplace strength through distribution; constraints facing middle-market players; technological vs. product-related barriers to market domination; and gaining a competitive advantage by focusing on market share rather than net income.
Scenario-based analysis identifies an array of future legal and business environments to develop strategies.
