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Understanding Generation X And Financial Services

Article • Investment Management

Wealth management firms will need to embrace technology and move to provide holistic, personalised advice that is in sync with evolving investment trends and investor needs.

Soumya Rajan
Founder, MD and CEO at Waterfield Advisors
02 January 2020
   

It may be fitting that the group nestled between baby boomers and millennials is labelled ‘generation X’. This generation is like the middle child in the family, under-appreciated and underserved. Their elders - the boomers, have virtually owned popular culture and their successors - the millennials are obsessed with technology, social consciousness and entrepreneurial gusto.

Gen X grew up at a time of very significant social change. They were expected to contribute to the workforce in numbers totalling 65.8 million by 2018. This generation marks the period of birth decline after the baby boom and is significantly smaller than previous and succeeding generations, but it is expected to outnumber Baby Boomers — those born between 1946 and 1964 — by 2028.

Gen X came into world between 1965 and 1982 and by all accounts got a pretty raw deal in their youth. Xers also came of age in an analog world, and then had to scramble to catch up at the dawn of the digital age.

Xers started their career at a time when pensions were disappearing, jobs were heading offshore, and stock market crash of 1987 recession. This generation grew up cynical angry and profoundly insecure goes the common perception.

Gen X and financial services

Gen X has been underserved in the financial industry. They are the generation that blends demand for old school in person services with new digital services. Boomers built the old industry and milennials are shaping the new one. But as we have seen Gen X follows many of the wants and habits of millennial.

This generation is also the biggest earners. While constituting just 25 per cent of the population, they are responsible for 31 per cent of the wealth creation. This makes sense as they are currently at their peak earning potential and investments made during the financial crisis of 2008 have rebounded nicely.

By 2050, Gen Xers and Millennials will be part of the 50+ age group, contributing to the Longevity Economy. Between 2015 and 2050, the 50-plus cohort is projected to grow by 45 per cent, while the under-50 population expands by just 13 per cent.

This illustrates the importance of serving the Millennial and GenX segments, but also highlights the importance of building a strategy to serve older, increasingly diverse and economically important segments.

So, the question for financial institution executives is simply. Gen Xers will experience the highest increase in the share of wealth, growing from under 14 per cent of total net worth to 31 per cent by 2030.

  1. What can you do to attract this challenging yet lucrative demographic?
  2. What is your 50+ strategy to tackle the following:
  1. Gen Xers are entering their prime earning years
  2. Many Gen Xers already have climbed to the top of the corporate ladder. They hold 51 per cent of leadership roles globally and will continue to move into more senior positions. And considering Gen X makes up 33 per cent of the workforce, they are in a unique situation to take on more senior leadership roles – with potentially higher paychecks.

  3. Gen Xers need help managing their debt
  4. While Gen Xers are being promoted and making more money, their financial obligations make them prime for your services. The average Xer has debt of $125,000, far higher than the national average of $88,313.3 to make things more complicated, a recent study finds nearly a quarter of Gen Xers believe they cannot save for retirement until they pay off their credit cards.

  5. Gen Xers and their goals
  6. Despite the amount of debt they are carrying, Gen X has goals of reaching financial freedom. Members of this generation are thinking about retirement. 73 per cent of them cite retirement planning as their top financial concern. And another 37 per cent say they would like to “fully retire” someday, but do not believe that goal is attainable. Of course, considering this generation has lived through not one but two significant recessions, their gloomy outlook makes sense. With your help, they can turn their financial goals into financial reality.

  7. Gen Xers are balancing a lot
  8. Generation X has a lot on their plates, not the least of which is caregiving. While more than 52 per cent have children living at home, many Xers are caught off guard when they are also expected to take care of aging parents. Financial planning and retirement decisions often get put on the back burner to take care of more immediate needs.

    After years of feeling overshadowed by Baby Boomers and millennials, Gen X are finally taking center stage.

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7, Avighna House, 82, Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli Naka, Siddharth Nagar, Worli, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400018

SEBI Office: Plot No. C4-A, 'G' Block, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra(East), Mumbai - 400051

18B106, 18th Floor, Berger Delhi One, Sector 16B, Noida - 201301

SEBI Office: NBCC Complex, Office Tower-1, 8th Floor, Plate B, East Kidwai Nagar, New Delhi – 110023

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Level 5, No. 501, Prestige Garnet, 36, Ulsoor Road, Bengaluru – 560042

SEBI Office: 2nd Floor, Jeevan Mangal Building, No.4, Residency Road, Bengaluru - 560025

Chennai

Workafella No.10, Uthamar Gandhi Salai, Nungambakkam High Road, Nungambakam, Chennai - 600034

SEBI Office: 7th Floor, 756-L, Anna Salai, Chennai - 600002

Unit No. 701, A Wing, 7th floor, Sunteck Kanaka Corporate Park, Patto, Panjim, Goa - 403001

SEBI Office: 6th Floor, EDC House, Atmaram Borkar Road, Panaji - 403001, Goa

1-111, Raheja Woods 8, Central Avenue, Kalyani Nagar, Pune, MH 411006

SEBI Office: Plot No. C4-A, 'G' Block, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra(East), Mumbai - 400051

Kolkata

916, PS Arcadia, Level 9, 4A, Camac Street, Kolkata 700016

SEBI Office: L&T Chambers, 3rd Floor, 16 Camac Street, Kolkata - 700017, West Bengal

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